9.2% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Victor Harbor · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Victor Harbor
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people commute to work by public transport in Victor Harbor, a stark contrast to the 3.1% national figure. While the area has a good number of bus routes and stops, residents rely almost entirely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households do have a car, with 47% owning one and 29.5% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Victor Harbor, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 60.4% of people driving. Those who work from home make up 10.5% of the workforce, which is about the same as the state figure but far below the national average of 21%.
10.5% ▲ +129.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
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: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
Victor Harbor has 7 public transport routes and 14 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 101.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.10
Higher than 70% 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).
101.3
Higher than 69% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
The drive time to the city is 59 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its level. A typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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).
More for Victor Harbor
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Victor Harbor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41505/victor-harbor/topic/transport