Warooka · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warooka

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

Only 2% of households lack a motor vehicle in Warooka, making it far more likely for residents to own a car than in the rest of the state. This heavy reliance on private cars defines local travel, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 36.2% of homes having two vehicles and another 31.6% owning three or more. Only 2% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.0% ▼ -54.6%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Warooka, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Warooka uses public transport to commute, which is well below the South Australian average. Most people drive themselves to work (57.4%), while 12.9% work from home.

12.9% ▲ +209.7%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 12.9%

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 Warooka, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Despite having more public transport stops per person than most similar areas, service is very limited. The weekly number of departures is far below the state figure, with only two bus routes serving the area.

5.56

Higher than 80% 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).

11.1

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41538/warooka/topic/transport