5.9% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Loxton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Loxton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport stops than similar areas define Loxton, though very few people actually use these services to get to work. Most residents rely on their own cars, with 40.2% of homes owning two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.9% of homes in Loxton have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is slightly lower than the 7.2% seen across South Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Loxton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.4%. Only 4.5% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.5% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Loxton has 7 public transport routes and 5 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, there are only 8.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far below the state figure of 1,317.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.07
Higher than 61% 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).
8.1
Higher than 58% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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 to a nearby stop takes longer here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 39 minutes.
39
Higher than 73% 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 Loxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40789/loxton/topic/transport