3.9% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Laura
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 4% of households in Laura lack a car, which is well below the South Australian and national figures. This reliance on private vehicles is a key feature of the area, where the majority of homes own two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.9% owning two and 11.4% owning four or more. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Laura splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 13.6% work from home, which is well above the state figure. Public transport is used by only 1.6% of workers, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
13.6% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +92.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
The area is served by a single bus route with two stops. While these counts are larger than 72% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.61
Higher than 68% 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).
2.6
Higher than 57% 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 typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
9
Lower than 56% 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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40751/laura/topic/transport