Mannum · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mannum

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

About 65% of people in Mannum drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the town sits far from the city with a typical one-way commute of 87 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, and only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

4.8% ▼ -9.7%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Mannum splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.3%. Additionally, 6.2% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

6.2% ▲ +3.8%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.3% ▼ -64.8%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Mannum, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The town has 10 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

3.43

Higher than 71% 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).

19.2

Higher than 59% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes 87 minutes, which is longer than most similar areas.

87

Higher than 61% 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 Mannum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40820/mannum/topic/transport