Snowtown · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Snowtown

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

A growing number of households in Snowtown now live without a car, with 9% of homes having no vehicle compared to none in 2011. Most residents rely heavily on private cars to get around, and there is no one currently working from home.

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📍 Snowtown, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

While 45.5% of homes have one vehicle, 9% have none, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This lack of vehicle access has risen by 9 percentage points since 2011.

9.0% ▲ —

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 9.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Snowtown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is almost entirely car-based, with 71.9% of people driving. This is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport or works from home, both of which are well below the national figures.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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: 1.6%
  • 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 Snowtown, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Car (passenger) 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 Snowtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422048/snowtown/topic/transport