5.0% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 67% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Australia - South East · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in South Australia - South East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.5% of workers use public transport to get to work in South Australia - South East, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most homes here have at least one vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.6% having two vehicles and 24% having three or more. Only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Australia - South East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 67.3% of people commuting as a driver. This is consistent with the very low 0.5% who use public transport and a working-from-home rate of 9.4%, which is far below the Australian average.
9.4% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 69% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 here, with only 2.67 stops per 1,000 people and 64 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both of which are far below the state figures. Buses make up nearly all of the available services.
517
Lower than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.67
Lower than 86% 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).
64.0
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).
77
Lower than 51% 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 - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/407/south-australia-south-east/topic/transport