3.9% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
King · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in King
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in King have gone without a car since 2011, with only 3.9% now lacking a vehicle. This makes it an area where car ownership is far more common than in most other places. While public transport options are available, the vast majority of people rely on their own cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 40% having two vehicles and nearly 10% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In King, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for 68.8% of workers, while only 8% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.8%, slightly higher than most similar areas.
8.0% ▲ +214.2%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
King has 5.78 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. While it has 43 different bus routes, the number of weekly departures is a little below the South Australian figure.
211
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.78
Higher than 74% 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).
1,097.6
Higher than 54% 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).
43
Higher than 79% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40026/king/topic/transport