4.0% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 63% of workers in Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a region where private vehicles are essential, with very few people using public transport to get around. Only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 36.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.2% having three. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people, just 0.6%, use public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home has risen to 12.3% since 2011, a figure that is a little above the South Australian average but well below the national one.
12.3% ▲ +50.3%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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, with only 2.59 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure. Weekly departures are also much lower than most areas, with services consisting almost entirely of buses and some ferries.
144
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.59
Lower than 79% 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).
65.9
Lower than 84% 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).
18
Lower than 65% 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 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40701/fleurieu-kangaroo-island/topic/transport