Coffin Bay · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Coffin Bay

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

Driving is the primary way people get around Coffin Bay, with 68.1% of workers commuting by car. This is a highly car-dependent area where almost every home owns at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Coffin Bay, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home has a car, with only 1.0% of households lacking a vehicle—a figure well below the South Australian average of 7.2%. Most homes are well-equipped, and 43.6% of households own two vehicles.

1.0% ▼ -36.5%

Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coffin Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting here, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is also uncommon at 5.4%, a rate far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

5.4% ▼ -7.2%

Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 5.4%

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: 2.3%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 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 Coffin Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

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 Coffin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421007/coffin-bay/topic/transport