8.8% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Australia - Outback · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in South Australia - Outback
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of working people in South Australia - Outback drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has a much higher rate of carless households than most other regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own one or two cars, though 13.3% own three, and 7.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Australia - Outback splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.2%. Similarly, only 1.4% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
6.2% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 almost entirely based on buses, but services are sparse. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, and the number of routes and stops is smaller than in most similar areas.
390
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.
4.72
Higher than 55% 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).
237.4
Lower than 78% 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).
23
Lower than 86% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Australia - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/406/south-australia-outback/topic/transport