9.1% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stuart · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Stuart
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Stuart than in the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians typically work from home, only 6.6% of workers in Stuart do so. This reliance on traditional workplaces is matched by a very low use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.1% of homes in Stuart have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households own one or two vehicles, though 8.3% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Stuart splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.9% of workers use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the South Australian average of 4.1%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 6.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.6% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
There are 6.95 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian average of 4.96. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 252.3, which is far below the state figure of 1,317.
243
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.95
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).
252.3
Lower than 81% 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).
25
Lower than 54% 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 Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40041/stuart/topic/transport