5.7% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnside · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Burnside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Burnside than in the typical South Australian suburb. While car travel remains the main way to get around, the area has a strong public transport network that helps keep the drive to the city very short.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the proportion of households without a vehicle is 5.7%, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Burnside splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has become much more common here, rising to 15.6% since 2011. This is well above the state average, although it remains well below the national figure.
15.6% ▲ +172.3%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
Burnside has a large network of 42 routes and 213 stops, all served by buses. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas.
213
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.63
Higher than 68% 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).
1,201.4
Higher than 82% 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).
42
Higher than 85% 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.
Getting into the city is quick, with a drive time of just 9 minutes. Most people can also reach their nearest transport stop within a 3-minute walk.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
9
Lower than 93% 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).
More for Burnside
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40700/burnside/topic/transport