4.6% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barossa - Yorke - Mid North · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North than in the rest of the state. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 0.5% of workers using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 62% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Barossa - Yorke - Mid North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 66% being the driver and another 3.7% travelling as a passenger. Only 10.1% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
10.1% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 65% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the South Australian figure. The region has 370 stops, all for buses, which is smaller than about 89% of similar areas.
370
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.23
Lower than 80% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
62.3
Lower than 95% of region (sa4) 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).
61
Lower than 65% of region (sa4) 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 Barossa - Yorke - Mid North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/405/barossa-yorke-mid-north/topic/transport