Pata · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pata

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

Every single household in Pata owns a motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. Without any public transport options available, residents rely almost entirely on private cars to get around and get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own either two or four-or-more vehicles.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pata, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 4 or more (30%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost everyone who works relies on a car, with 79.1% driving themselves. Only 9.3% of workers operate from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

9.3% —

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 9.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Pata, Car (driver) is the majority at 89%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Pata, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This puts the local access far below the South Australian average of nearly five stops per 1,000 people.

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Pata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41122/pata/topic/transport