50.0% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oodnadatta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oodnadatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Half of all homes in Oodnadatta have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This lack of car ownership is a striking feature of the area, where many residents rely on walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 50% of households have no vehicle, a rate far above the 7.2% seen across South Australia. For those who do own cars, 28.6% of homes have two vehicles and 25% have one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oodnadatta, the largest group is No vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work, used by 32.4% of people. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national figure of 21% working from home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.
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 Oodnadatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41078/oodnadatta/topic/transport