Kapunda · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Kapunda

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

Far fewer people work from home in Kapunda than across the rest of the country. This town relies heavily on cars for travel, with over 70% of workers driving themselves to their jobs. Most households have at least one motor vehicle to get around.

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📍 Kapunda, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 37% of Kapunda homes have two vehicles, while 36% have just one. Very few households get by without a car, at 4.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.

4.8% ▼ -13.1%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Kapunda splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose to 6.7% since 2011, though this remains far below the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport is rarely used, with only 0.7% of workers taking a bus or train, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.1%.

6.7% ▲ +86.5%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 6.7%

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

0.7% ▼ -17.1%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Kapunda, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Kapunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415016/kapunda/topic/transport