Blanchetown · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Blanchetown

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

Getting around Blanchetown relies almost entirely on cars and walking, as other options have vanished. While most homes own multiple vehicles, 7.3% of households now have no motor vehicle at all, a figure that has risen sharply since 2011.

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📍 Blanchetown, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 41% of homes have one vehicle and 36% have two. While 7.3% of households lack a motor vehicle—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.

7.3% ▲ —

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Blanchetown splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here works from home or uses public transport to get to work, both of which are far below the national figures. Instead, 61% of workers drive themselves, while 13% walk to their jobs.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.3%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

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Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 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 Blanchetown, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Walked is next at 15%.

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 Blanchetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422007/blanchetown/topic/transport