7.6% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sturt · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Sturt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than double the national rate of people use public transport to get to work in Sturt. This reliance on transit is supported by a high number of service routes, though most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 7.6% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is higher than most similar areas, despite the figure falling slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sturt splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 6.4% of workers use public transport—a figure well above the national average—working from home is much less common here than across Australia, at 12%. Most people still drive themselves to work.
12.0% —
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% —
Higher than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 110 routes and 886 stops. This provides a higher number of weekly departures per person than the South Australian figure.
886
Higher than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.73
Higher than 51% 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).
1,557.4
Higher than 72% 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).
110
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 area is very well connected to the city, with a typical drive time of only 10 minutes. Most residents are within a 5-minute walk of their nearest transport stop.
5
Lower than 59% 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.
10
Lower than 94% 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 Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED410/sturt/topic/transport