8.1% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Unley · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Unley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Unley drive themselves to work, though the area is remarkably well-connected. It is one of the most accessible places for public transport, with a very short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop and an even shorter 5-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has fallen 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Unley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 6.6%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. While working from home rose to 14.2% since 2011, this remains well below the Australian average of 21%.
14.2% ▲ +218.2%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.6% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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.
Unley has one of the largest networks of public transport routes with 79 options. This helps explain why weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the South Australian figure.
172
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.45
Higher than 65% 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).
1,977.1
Higher than 91% 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).
79
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.
Getting across the area is easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 67% 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.
5
Lower than 99% 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 Unley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47980/unley/topic/transport