Tatachilla · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tatachilla

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Hardly any changes have occurred in how people move around Tatachilla, but the area remains heavily reliant on cars. Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, and most homes own multiple vehicles.

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📍 Tatachilla, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least two cars, with 46.3% owning two and 19.5% owning four or more. About 7.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

7.3% ▲ —

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tatachilla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (18%) and 1 vehicle (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 68% of residents. While 18.9% of people work from home—well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%—no one in the area commutes using public transport.

18.9% ▲ +97.1%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 18.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Tatachilla, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes available. This means far fewer options than the state average and no one can reach other areas via transit within 45 minutes.

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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical trip to the city takes about 35 minutes by car. In contrast, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 41 minutes, which is much longer than in most other areas.

41

Higher than 74% 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.

35

Lower than 70% 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 Tatachilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41429/tatachilla/topic/transport