Eyre · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Eyre

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Very few people in Eyre are without a car, with only 2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the daily commute, where over three-quarters of the workforce drive themselves to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 44.9% owning two vehicles and 13.6% owning three. The 2% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Eyre, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far below the national figure, with only 5.1% of people doing so. Meanwhile, 75.6% of workers drive to their jobs, and only 1.6% use public transport.

How people get to work

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In Eyre, Car (driver) is the majority at 88%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 6 public transport stops and one bus route serving the area, which is more than most similar places. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, and no one is reachable by transit within 45 minutes.

5.39

Higher than 79% 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).

256.1

Higher than 74% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 27 minutes. It is also easier than in many other areas to reach a stop on foot, taking only 4 minutes.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

27

Lower than 77% 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 Eyre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40428/eyre/topic/transport