1.9% ▼ -62.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penola · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Penola
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Penola compared to the rest of the country, with only 1.9% of households without a vehicle. This makes the town's transport landscape heavily dependent on private cars for daily life and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.7% have two. The percentage of households without a vehicle is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Penola splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.1% of residents. Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
7.9% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While Penola has more public transport routes and stops than many similar areas, the actual service is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
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.
0.62
Higher than 60% 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).
6.2
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop is a challenge, with a typical walking time of 56 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
56
Higher than 83% 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 Penola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41137/penola/topic/transport