Yorketown · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Yorketown

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

More homes in Yorketown (L) lack a motor vehicle than in most similar areas. While most households rely on cars, 8.4% of homes have no vehicle at all, a figure that has risen since 2011. Public transport and working from home are very uncommon here.

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📍 Yorketown, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. The most common setup is a single car, found in 44.1% of households, while a third of homes have two vehicles.

8.4% ▲ +52.2%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yorketown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, and only 3.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive, with 61.5% as the driver, while 14.2% walk to their job.

3.5% ▼ -56.2%

Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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: 1.0%
  • 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 Yorketown, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Walked is next at 17%.

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 Yorketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421043/yorketown/topic/transport