2.4% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Roxby Downs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Roxby Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Roxby Downs rely on private cars than in most similar areas. Very few residents live without a vehicle, and almost 70% drive themselves to work. This high dependence on cars is clear across the town, where public transport is almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 44.8% owning two vehicles and 18.1% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Roxby Downs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the national rate, with only 2.9% of people doing so. Most residents commute by car, while just 0.6% use public transport to get to work.
2.9% ▲ +572.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -91.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 routes or stops in the area. This puts Roxby Downs far below the South Australian figure for transport access.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41281/roxby-downs/topic/transport