Tungkillo · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tungkillo

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

Zero homes in Tungkillo are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the South Australian and national averages. In this rural area, private cars are essential for daily life, while public transport is almost entirely absent.

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📍 Tungkillo, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Tungkillo has at least one motor vehicle. Most households own two cars, and nearly 17% have three or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tungkillo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the main way people get to work, with 71.2% driving themselves. Working from home is more common here than in the rest of South Australia, though still well below the national figure.

15.3% ▲ +14.9%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.3%
  • 2016: 17.0%
  • 2021: 15.3%

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 Tungkillo, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is nonexistent here, with no routes or stops available. This is far below the South Australian average for both stops and weekly departures per person.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city involves a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 61 minutes.

61

Lower than 55% 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)).
  • 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 Tungkillo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41477/tungkillo/topic/transport