5.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long drive of 107 minutes to the city makes cars essential for daily life in Burra. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has a much higher rate of households without a car than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 36% of homes have one car and another 36% have two. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Burra splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 0% of people use public transport. This is well below the state and national figures, while 9.5% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average.
9.5% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 limited to three bus routes, with no train or ferry services. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
12.6
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 23 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
23
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
107
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality 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 Burra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40193/burra/topic/transport