5.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Makin · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Makin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 1,000 public transport stops serve Makin, making it a place where residents have far better access to transit than most other similar areas. While cars remain the primary way to get around, the area's extensive network of bus routes provides a strong alternative for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 38.7% having two vehicles. Only 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the South Australian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Makin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is much higher than in most areas, though it fell to 5.2% since 2016. Working from home is far below the national figure at 7.6%, even though this rose from 2.7% in 2016.
7.6% —
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% —
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Makin is very well connected, with 108 public transport routes and 1,680 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. Buses make up almost the entire network at 98.9%.
1,048
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.03
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,680.3
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
108
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes. For those heading into the city, the usual drive time is 27 minutes.
7
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
27
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Makin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED407/makin/topic/transport