7.0% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Lincoln · Urban Area
Transport & Vehicles in Port Lincoln
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people work from home in Port Lincoln, with only 4.4% doing so compared to a much higher national figure. This highlights a local economy where most jobs require a physical presence. While car use is dominant, the area's vehicle ownership patterns align closely with state and national norms.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of Port Lincoln homes have two motor vehicles, and 7% have none. This lack of a vehicle is about the same as the state and national figures, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Lincoln splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 71.7% of people driving. Public transport use is very low at 0.5%, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.1%.
4.4% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
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 Port Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4005/port-lincoln/topic/transport