4.6% ▼ -55.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smoky Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smoky Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Smoky Bay have access to public transport stops than in most similar areas, though few actually use them. The area is heavily reliant on cars, with nearly 37% of households owning two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 36.8% owning two and 24.1% owning three. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smoky Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.1%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 10.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.5% ▲ +210.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
While Smoky Bay has 4.63 stops per 1,000 people, the 18.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317. All public transport here is provided by bus.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.63
Higher than 76% 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).
18.5
Higher than 59% 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).
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 Smoky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41348/smoky-bay/topic/transport