McLaren Flat · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in McLaren Flat

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

Daily life in McLaren Flat relies almost entirely on cars, with very few people using public transport. This is a place where car ownership is the norm, as only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle.

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📍 McLaren Flat, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly half of all households own two cars, and a further 24% have three. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.

0.9% ▼ -29.5%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In McLaren Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.1%. While 66.9% of workers drive to get to their jobs, the number of people working from home rose to 11.3% since 2011.

11.3% ▲ +173.5%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 11.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 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 McLaren Flat, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

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 McLaren Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415025/mclaren-flat/topic/transport