0.7% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Echunga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Echunga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Echunga owns a car, with only 0.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is stark, as no one in the area uses public transport to get to work. It is a car-dependent community where the typical home has two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 38.3% owning two vehicles and another 39.7% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Echunga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.3% of workers being the driver. While 13.5% work from home—a figure well above the South Australian average—zero people use public transport for their commute.
13.5% ▲ +43.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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.
Echunga has 12 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, this doesn't translate to frequent service, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.84
Higher than 87% 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).
79.6
Higher than 66% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
4,726
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 30 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents typically walk about 11 minutes to reach the nearest stop.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40388/echunga/topic/transport