5.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murray and Mallee · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Murray and Mallee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much lower public transport use than most areas defines Murray and Mallee, where a tiny 0.8% of workers use transit to get to work. In this vast region, residents rely heavily on private cars to navigate the landscape, with the typical drive to the city taking 99 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 35.7% of households own two. Only 5.6% of homes 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 →Murray and Mallee splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) 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, with 68% of people as the driver. Only 8.5% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.5% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +87.8%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 3.03 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the South Australian average, and the number of weekly departures is also much lower than most areas.
216
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.03
Lower than 74% 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).
35.8
Lower than 89% 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).
47
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The region is remote, with a typical drive time to the city of 99 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
99
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Murray and Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40703/murray-and-mallee/topic/transport