4.5% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waikerie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Waikerie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 95-minute drive to the city makes Waikerie a place where residents rely heavily on their own transport. Very few people use public transit to get to work, and most households own at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have a car, with 36% owning two vehicles and 33% owning one. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Waikerie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 66.9% of people driving. Only 0.4% use public transport, which is well below the South Australian figure, while 9% of people work from home.
9.0% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport is very limited, consisting entirely of buses with only 24 stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and the number of stops is lower than most similar areas.
24
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.61
Lower than 61% 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).
23.8
Lower than 85% 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).
6
Lower than 57% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop can take 51 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for areas at this level.
51
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
95
Higher than 88% 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 Waikerie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407031170/waikerie/topic/transport