Leigh Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Leigh Creek

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

Far more homes in Leigh Creek lack a motor vehicle than in the rest of the state, with 18.2% of households having no car. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when every home in the area had a vehicle.

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📍 Leigh Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 18.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle at 48.5%, though 18.2% of homes own four or more.

18.2% ▲ —

Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 55.1%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Leigh Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (20%) and No vehicle (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, figures that are well below both state and national levels. Instead, the workforce is split almost evenly between those who drive to work (46%) and those who walk (42%).

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Leigh Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 52%; Walked is next at 48%.

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 Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422027/leigh-creek/topic/transport