7.1% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kaurna · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kaurna
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport for their commute in Kaurna than they did in 2011. While the area has a high number of transit stops, cars remain the dominant way people get around. Most households now own at least one vehicle, with 7.1% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Kaurna have one or two cars, with 38.5% having one and 37.5% having two. The number of car-free homes has fallen since 2011, though at 7.1% it remains about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kaurna splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 66% of residents. Working from home rose to 8.4% since 2011, but this is still far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.4% ▲ +179.3%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -46.2%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Public transport access is very strong here, with 6.86 stops per 1,000 people and 41 different routes. Weekly departures are well above the South Australian average, with buses making up 95.2% of the services.
274
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.86
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,666.2
Higher than 75% of state electorate 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).
41
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kaurna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40024/kaurna/topic/transport