4.8% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Coorong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in The Coorong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport use separates The Coorong from the rest of the state, where only 0.3% of workers use these services. Most people here rely on their own cars to get around this vast area. While 16.8% of the workforce works from home, the region remains heavily dependent on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in The Coorong have at least one car, with 34.9% owning two and 15.2% owning three. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is a little below the South Australian average of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →The Coorong splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.3% of residents. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.3%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 4.1%.
16.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -65.3%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Although the area has 6.03 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average, the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, with all available services being buses.
33
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.03
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
52.6
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
10
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times to the city are among the highest for similar areas, with a typical drive taking 123 minutes.
123
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in The Coorong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407031169/the-coorong/topic/transport