5.7% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goolwa South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goolwa South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Goolwa South, marking a massive gap compared to the rest of the country. Most residents rely entirely on cars to get around, which is common for an area with no local public transport routes or stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the national figure of 7.4%. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, seen in 44.2% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goolwa South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.5% of residents. While 11.7% of people work from home—a little above the South Australian figure—this is well below the national rate of 21%.
11.7% ▲ +82.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
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: 1.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 75 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level, alongside a 225-minute drive time to the city.
75
Higher than 94% 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.
225
Higher than 99% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40524/goolwa-south/topic/transport