4.7% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tea Tree Gully · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Tea Tree Gully
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of public transport use and access than most similar areas define Tea Tree Gully. While most households rely on cars, the area is served by 60 different routes and nearly 600 stops. This makes it a well-connected hub within the Greater Adelaide region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 40.1% have two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tea Tree Gully, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, but 5.9% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 8.8% work from home, a figure that rose 6.3 points since 2011 but remains far below the Australian average.
8.8% ▲ +247.8%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 is very well served by buses, with 5.87 stops per 1,000 people and 1,581.7 weekly departures. These figures are both a little above the South Australian average.
594
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.
5.87
Higher than 81% 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).
1,581.7
Higher than 87% 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).
60
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes a typical 20 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. The usual walk to the nearest public 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.
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tea Tree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47700/tea-tree-gully/topic/transport