5.8% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tumby Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tumby Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of vehicle-free homes than most similar areas mark the transport landscape in Tumby Bay. While most households have at least one car, the town relies heavily on private travel for work and daily trips. Public transport is very limited, with only one bus route serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have two vehicles, and 13% have three. Interestingly, 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tumby Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66% of people as the driver. Only 8.8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
8.8% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -45.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is sparse, with only one bus route and one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, it is far below the South Australian average for both stops and weekly departures.
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.
0.56
Higher than 59% 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).
5.6
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is a challenge here, as the walk to the nearest one takes about 83 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.
83
Higher than 98% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41476/tumby-bay/topic/transport