14.5% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Iron Knob · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Iron Knob
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport or works from home in Iron Knob, making a car essential for daily life. While there are a few transit stops available, 14.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 15% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the 7.2% seen across South Australia. For those with cars, the most common setup is one vehicle per home, accounting for 43.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Iron Knob, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the only way people get to work, with 80% being the driver and 35% a passenger. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, leaving them far below the national figure for working from home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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: 11.1%
- 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 is one bus route and one stop in the area, which is more than most similar places. However, with only 36.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.09
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).
36.4
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 4 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
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.
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 Iron Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40627/iron-knob/topic/transport