9.5% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Adelaide Enfield · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Adelaide Enfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households are without a car in Port Adelaide Enfield than in 2011, though 9.5% still live without one. This area is well-connected for commuters, with 6.1% using public transport to get to work and an extensive network of 115 different routes. It is a highly accessible hub where the typical drive to the city takes only 14 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. While this figure is a little above the national figure, it has fallen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011. Most households own one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Adelaide Enfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is much higher than in most areas, though it has fallen slightly since 2011. Only 8% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure and much lower than most other areas.
8.0% ▲ +261.1%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 a massive network with 659 stops, making it larger than about 90% of similar places. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, with buses making up 94.4% of the services.
659
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.98
Higher than 72% 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).
1,422.2
Higher than 86% 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).
115
Higher than 88% 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 fast, with a typical drive time of 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 57% 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.
14
Lower than 84% 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 Port Adelaide Enfield
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Adelaide Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45890/port-adelaide-enfield/topic/transport