0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murray Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murray Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households live without a car in Murray Town than in the rest of the state. Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, making car travel the essential way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are universal here, with 55% of homes owning two vehicles and 45% owning one. This means 0% of households are without a car, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murray Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 39.1% as the driver and 21.7% as a passenger. While 13% of people work from home—which is well above the state figure—no one uses public transport to commute.
13.0% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
The area has a higher number of stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas, but weekly departures are far below the state average. The only available service is the bus, and there is just one route and one stop.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.24
Higher than 91% 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).
34.5
Higher than 61% 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.
Access to the local network is limited, as it takes a typical resident 27 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is longer than in most other areas.
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.
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 Murray Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40991/murray-town/topic/transport