Port Neill · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Port Neill

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

Daily life in Port Neill relies almost entirely on private cars for getting around. Most households own at least one vehicle, and the community has no use for public transport to get to work. This car-dependent lifestyle is a constant for the small population, with very few residents working from home.

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📍 Port Neill, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost half of all homes in Port Neill have two vehicles, and 13% have three. About 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian and national averages.

6.5% ▲ +6.6%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 6.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Port Neill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. While 66.7% of workers drive, only 6.3% work from home—a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.

6.3% ▲ +25.2%

Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 6.3%

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 Neill, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Walked is next at 8%.

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 Neill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422043/port-neill/topic/transport