18.2% ▲ +293.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leigh Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leigh Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Leigh Creek have just one motor vehicle. This is a place where residents rely heavily on private transport or walking, as there are no public transport options available. Interestingly, around 18% of homes have no vehicle at all, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
While many homes have a single car, 18.2% of households in Leigh Creek have no motor vehicle. This rate is far above both the South Australian and national figures, which sit around 7%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leigh Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (20%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a major way to get to work here, with 42% of workers doing so, while 46% drive. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the 21% national figure for working from home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 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: 26.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 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, routes, or departures in Leigh Creek. This lack of access is far below the South Australian average.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40756/leigh-creek/topic/transport