10.0% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goolwa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goolwa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in Goolwa drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While some residents use other methods, the area has a notably high number of homes without any motor vehicle compared to most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, over half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goolwa, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 9.1% of residents doing so. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%, which is well below the state average.
9.1% ▲ +65.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -57.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Goolwa has more public transport routes and stops than about 80% of similar areas, though these are all bus services. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.95
Higher than 65% 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).
112.6
Higher than 70% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes about 59 minutes to drive to the city from here. Access to transit is limited for some, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 33 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
33
Higher than 69% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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 Goolwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40521/goolwa/topic/transport