0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lochiel · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lochiel
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total lack of car-free households sets Lochiel apart from the rest of the state. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian and national figures for households without a car. This heavy reliance on private transport is common across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have between one and three vehicles, with 29.2% owning just one. About 12.5% of households have four or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lochiel splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (27%), with 3 vehicles at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 48.1% of people, while 13.5% walk. Very few residents work from home at 5.8%, which is far below the national figure.
5.8% ▼ -70.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While there are 19.23 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—actual service is low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, and all routes are bus services.
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.
19.23
Higher than 92% 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).
230.8
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, taking 92 minutes for a typical drive. Similarly, it takes much longer than most areas to reach the nearest transport stop on foot, with a 27-minute walk.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Lochiel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40773/lochiel/topic/transport