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Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area

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

Car travel is the primary way people get around in Not in any Significant Urban Area (SA), with 64.2% of workers driving to their jobs. This vast region relies heavily on private transport, meaning far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the rest of the country.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the South Australian and national averages. Most households are well-equipped, with 37.9% owning two vehicles and another 11.6% owning four or more.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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3.9% ▼ -20.0%

Lower than 87% of urban area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

2 vehicles 37.9% 1 vehicle 30.1% 3 vehicles 16.6% 4 or more 11.6% No vehicle 3.9%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use is very low at 0.7%, which is well below the state average. While 11.3% of people work from home—a figure a little above the South Australian average—this is still well below the national rate of 21%.

People working from home

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11.3% ▲ +15.5%

Higher than 72% of urban area areas.

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

Commuting by public transport

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0.7% ▼ -22.3%

Higher than 56% of urban area areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Car (driver) 64.2% Worked at home 11.3% Walked 5.2% Car (passenger) 4.0% Bus 0.7% Bicycle 0.3% Train 0.0%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/transport