17.2% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Wallaroo Plain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wallaroo Plain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Wallaroo Plain, making it a place where residents rely almost entirely on other means of travel. The area is very remote, with a typical drive time of 109 minutes to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 50%, ahead of 4 or more (36%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wallaroo Plain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 4 or more (31%) and 3 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers here drive themselves, with 72.4% using a car. While 17.2% work from home—a figure well above the South Australian average—this is still well below the national figure.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This puts the number of weekly departures far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times are significant here, as the drive to the city takes 109 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
109
Higher than 74% 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 Wallaroo Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41520/wallaroo-plain/topic/transport