7.1% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gawler · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Gawler
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily travel in Gawler, where over 71% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport infrastructure is relatively available, very few people actually use it for their daily commute. This makes the car the essential tool for getting around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 35% of homes have two cars and 12.6% have three. Only 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gawler splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 6.4% of people doing so. Public transport use for work has also dropped, falling to 1.8% since 2011, which is a little below the state and national figures.
6.4% ▲ +135.3%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Gawler has a good amount of infrastructure with 150 stops and 26 routes, and 6 stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
150
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.00
Higher than 83% 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).
443.5
Higher than 71% 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).
26
Higher than 75% 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 35 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes around 12 minutes, which is about the middle for similar places.
12
Lower than 53% 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.
35
Lower than 60% 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42030/gawler/topic/transport