5.2% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Limestone Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Limestone Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one relies on public transport to get around the Limestone Coast, where nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work. The area is heavily dependent on private cars for daily life, and very few people have the option to work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two or more motor vehicles, with 37.5% owning exactly two. Only 5.2% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Limestone Coast, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, as only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work. This is well below the state figure of 4.1%, while the 8.2% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.2% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 options are very limited, with only 2.35 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 4.96. The 157 available stops are almost entirely buses, and the number of weekly departures is much lower than in most other areas.
157
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.35
Lower than 82% 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).
92.7
Lower than 82% 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).
20
Lower than 62% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Limestone Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40702/limestone-coast/topic/transport