2.9% ▲ —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Skye · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Skye
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 66% of workers in Skye drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area is only 15 minutes from the city by car, it lacks local public transport options. This creates a strong reliance on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 43% owning two and 22% owning three. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the South Australian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Skye, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
None of the local workforce uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 13.7% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure but well below the national average.
13.7% ▲ +88.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This lack of access is reflected in the transit time to the city, which is 79 minutes—much higher than most areas.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
19,066
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
79
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is very quick at just 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
15
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Skye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41344/skye/topic/transport