8.4% ▲ +101.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Penong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on private cars defines daily travel in Penong, though some residents face a lack of vehicle access. While most homes have multiple cars, 8.5% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over a quarter of homes have four or more motor vehicles, yet 8.4% of households have no car at all. This lack of vehicle access is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Penong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work, used by 44.2% of residents. While 13.2% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
13.2% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.5% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Penong. This is far below the South Australian average of nearly 5 stops per 1,000 people.
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 Penong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41138/penong/topic/transport