Port Germein · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Port Germein

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

Very few households in Port Germein lack a car compared to other similar areas. Only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This makes the town much more reliant on private cars than the national average.

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📍 Port Germein, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, with 36.4% falling into each category. The 2.1% of households without a vehicle is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

2.1% ▼ -55.7%

Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Port Germein splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the primary way to get to work, with 67.6% of people driving and 9.8% travelling as passengers. No one uses public transport, and the 7.8% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

7.8% ▼ -4.9%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.2%
  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 7.8%

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 Port Germein, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Car (passenger) is next at 11%.

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 Port Germein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422042/port-germein/topic/transport