7.6% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Lincoln · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Lincoln
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Port Lincoln rely heavily on cars, and the area has more public transport stops and routes than many similar places. However, the actual use of these services is very low, and working from home is far less common here than across the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 37.9% owning two and 37.4% owning one. About 7.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Lincoln splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 71.8% of people being the driver. Only 4.1% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
4.1% ▲ +29.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Port Lincoln has 22 public transport stops—more than about 89% of similar areas—access is limited. Weekly departures are far below the South Australian figure, and the service consists entirely of buses.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.52
Higher than 63% 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).
11.4
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
8
Lower than 57% 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).
More for Port Lincoln
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41201/port-lincoln/topic/transport