0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Poochera · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Poochera
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a quarter of the workforce in Poochera works from home, a figure far above the national average. This rural area relies heavily on private cars, with no households lacking a motor vehicle. While it has a few public transport stops, the service is very limited compared to the rest of South Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Poochera has at least two motor vehicles. Half of all households own two cars, and another 34.6% have three, meaning the area has a much lower rate of vehicle-less homes than the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Poochera, 2 vehicles is the majority at 59%; 3 vehicles is next at 41%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 26.9% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the Australian average of 21%. Most others drive to work, while 19.2% walk, and no one uses public transport to commute.
26.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 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.
Poochera has two bus stops, which is more than 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
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.
29.85
Higher than 97% 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).
59.7
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 transport stop takes a typical 27 minutes on foot, which is longer than in most other areas.
27
Higher than 64% 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 Poochera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41181/poochera/topic/transport