8.8% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orroroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Orroroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Orroroo, where 63.1% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While most households have at least one car, about 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly a third of homes have two vehicles, while 8.8% have none, a figure a little above the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Orroroo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 12.3% of workers, but very few people work from home. At 6.6%, this is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.6% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
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.
Public transport is limited to three bus routes and two stops. This results in just 10.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
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.
3.46
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).
10.4
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 Orroroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41079/orroroo/topic/transport