Yorke Island · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Yorke Island

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

A huge shift in vehicle ownership has occurred on Yorke Island, where more than half of all homes now have no motor vehicle. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the country, with a 54% increase in carless households since 2011.

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📍 Yorke Island, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Over half of all homes (54.4%) have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the 7.4% seen across Australia. Most other households have just one vehicle, with 32.4% fitting this category.

54.4% ▲ —

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 51.3%
  • 2021: 54.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yorke Island, No vehicle is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 33%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the primary way to get to work for 62.7% of residents. Meanwhile, no one uses public transport or works from home, with the latter being far below the national figure of 21%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Yorke Island, Walked is the majority at 64%; Car (driver) is next at 30%.

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 Yorke Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322139/yorke-island/topic/transport