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.
Yorke Island · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Yorke Island, No vehicle is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 33%.
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre 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.
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