7.1% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salisbury · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Salisbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of working residents in Salisbury drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area is heavily reliant on vehicles, it has a very high number of public transport stops and services compared to most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 36.7% owning two and 36.6% owning one. About 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is now about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Salisbury splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), 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 5.7% of people doing so. Public transport use for commuting is 3.7%, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though this has fallen since 2011.
5.7% ▲ +212.6%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Salisbury provides excellent access to transit, with 774 stops and 69 routes, among the largest numbers for its level. There are 5.31 stops per 1,000 people, and the number of weekly departures is a little above the South Australian figure.
774
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.
5.31
Higher than 76% 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).
1,440.1
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).
69
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 20 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
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.
20
Lower than 71% 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 Salisbury
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47140/salisbury/topic/transport