Yongala · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yongala

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

Nearly 40% of Yongala homes have just one motor vehicle, though most households own multiple cars. The area has a very low rate of carless homes compared to state and national figures, reflecting a strong reliance on private transport for daily travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Yongala is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.2% of South Australian households without one. Many residents own several cars, with 30.4% of homes having three vehicles and 13% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yongala, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 2 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 69%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).

How people get to work

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In Yongala, Car (driver) is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

Yongala has 29.85 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the South Australian figure of 4.96. However, the 59.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and all available services are buses.

29.85

Higher than 97% 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).

59.7

Higher than 64% 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.

It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.

8

Lower than 57% 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.

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 Yongala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41687/yongala/topic/transport