5.4% ▼ -36.9%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lower Murray · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Lower Murray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Lower Murray than in most similar areas. The region is heavily dependent on cars, with only 5.4% of homes without a motor vehicle. This low reliance on public services is seen in the very few transit stops and routes available across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 38.8% owning two and 16.2% owning three. Only 5.4% of households have no vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lower Murray, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, used by 64.4% of people. Those working from home make up 12.1% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%, while only 0.5% use public transport.
12.1% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 here, with only 14 routes and 35 stops. This means there are 2.68 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
35
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.68
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
50.1
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
14
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lower Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10902/lower-murray/topic/transport