2.2% —
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Adelaide Plains · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Adelaide Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households are without a car in Adelaide Plains, with only 2.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area stand out among similar regions for its high reliance on private transport. Most residents depend on their own vehicles to get around the large rural landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 37.7% of homes owning two vehicles and another 21.4% having three. Only 2.2% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Adelaide Plains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.9% of people as the driver. Working from home is much less common here than in most areas, at just 7.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.9% —
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
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.
Public transport options are very limited, with only 6 stops and 2 routes across the area. Weekly departures are far below the state average, and the only available mode of transport is the bus.
6
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.61
Lower than 77% 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).
3.1
Lower than 80% 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).
2
Lower than 67% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 46 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
46
Lower than 54% 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 Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40150/adelaide-plains/topic/transport