5.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Onkaparinga · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Onkaparinga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Onkaparinga than they were in 2011, though car travel remains the dominant way to get around. The area has seen a rise in home-based work to 9.0%, while the number of households without a car has fallen slightly to 5.3%. This shift comes alongside a high number of public transport stops relative to the population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Onkaparinga have at least one car, with 38.9% owning two. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Onkaparinga splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.8% of residents. While 9.0% of people now work from home, this is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.0% ▲ +187.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Onkaparinga has 1,046 public transport stops and 65 routes, which is among the largest number of services for an area of its size. With 5.97 stops per 1,000 people, access is much higher than in most similar areas.
1,046
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher than 82% 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).
1,307.6
Higher than 84% 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).
65
Higher than 87% 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 47 minutes. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 69 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
69
Higher than 91% 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.
47
Lower than 53% 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 Onkaparinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45340/onkaparinga/topic/transport