Employment & Commuting

Journey to work

About this topic

Journey to work shows where employed residents of Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) travel for work. It helps explain how strongly the area functions as a residential base versus a self-contained employment centre.

These flow patterns can inform transport advocacy, local jobs policy, and investment priorities by showing which external labour markets matter most to residents.

Key insight

56.8% of employed residents living in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) worked outside Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) in 2021. Port Lincoln was the largest external destination.

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43.2%

Work locally

1,181 residents

56.8%

Commute out

1,555 residents

Chart view

Where Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) residents work

Flow shares show where employed residents work. Total employed residents: 2,736.

Employment self-sufficiency

Share of employed residents who work within the municipality.

Total employed residents: 2,736
43.2%

Lower Eyre Peninsula

43.2%

1,181

Port Lincoln

42.7%

1,169

No Fixed Address (SA)

6.0%

164

Tumby Bay

2.9%

79

Unincorporated SA

1.2%

32

Roxby Downs

0.4%

12

Tea Tree Gully

0.4%

10

Whyalla

0.4%

10

Charles Sturt

0.3%

8

Other LGAs

2.6%

71

Data table

Where Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) residents work table

Download the ranked local and external flow counts behind the chart.

AreaCountShare
Lower Eyre Peninsula1,18143.2%
Port Lincoln1,16942.7%
No Fixed Address (SA)1646.0%
Tumby Bay792.9%
Unincorporated SA321.2%
Roxby Downs120.4%
Tea Tree Gully100.4%
Whyalla100.4%
Charles Sturt80.3%
Other LGAs712.6%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (usual residence journey to work data). Compiled by Geografia.