0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wirrina Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wirrina Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car defines the transport landscape in Wirrina Cove, leaving it well below the national figure of 7.4%. This total reliance on private vehicles is reflected in the commute, where no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle. Over half of households have one car, while 30.8% have two and 12.5% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wirrina Cove, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 32%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.6% of residents. While 10.6% work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.6% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has more public transport stops per 1,000 people than most similar places. However, with only one bus route available, weekly departures are far below the South Australian average.
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.
5.35
Higher than 79% 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).
74.9
Higher than 66% 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.
It takes about 67 minutes to drive to the city. Residents typically face a 14-minute walk to reach the nearest public transport stop.
14
Higher 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Wirrina Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41624/wirrina-cove/topic/transport