Victor Harbor - Goolwa · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Victor Harbor - Goolwa

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

A tiny fraction of the workforce in Victor Harbor - Goolwa uses public transport, at just 0.3%. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where very few households get by without a motor vehicle.

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📍 Victor Harbor - Goolwa, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households own one or two cars, with 45% owning one and 35% owning two.

5.1% ▼ -20.2%

Lower than 71% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Victor Harbor - Goolwa, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use is well below the state average at 0.3%, while 10.7% of people work from home. This working-from-home rate has risen by 4.9 points since 2011, though it remains far below the national figure of 21%.

10.7% ▲ +83.3%

Higher than 68% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 10.7%

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

0.3% ▼ -51.1%

Lower than 84% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Victor Harbor - Goolwa, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 Victor Harbor - Goolwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4007/victor-harbor-goolwa/topic/transport