1.7% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Adelaide Hills · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Adelaide Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.7% of homes in Adelaide Hills have no motor vehicle, among the lowest rates for any similar area. This reflects a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel in a region where the typical drive to the city takes 38 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.4% having two and 13% owning four or more. This high level of car ownership is consistent with the fact that very few homes are without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Adelaide Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.1% of people. Working from home has become more common, rising to 15% since 2011, while those using public transport fell to 2%.
15.0% ▲ +110.0%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -40.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 300 public transport stops and 53 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
300
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.34
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
671.7
Higher than 75% of council (lga) 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).
53
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 45 minutes on average, which is longer than in most other areas.
45
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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.
38
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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 Adelaide Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40120/adelaide-hills/topic/transport