5115, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5115, SA

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly three quarters of workers in postcode 5115 rely on driving to get to work. This car-dependent area sees very few people working from home compared to the rest of the country, and the number of households without a vehicle has dropped since 2011.

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📍 5115, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 41.6% owning two vehicles. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

5.0% ▼ -29.4%

Higher than 62% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5115, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here; at 5%, it is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 2.1% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.

5.0% ▲ +112.1%

Lower than 94% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.1% ▼ -35.7%

Higher than 68% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In 5115, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 54 public transport stops and 11 routes, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.

4.14

Higher than 55% of postcode areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

776.5

Higher than 68% of postcode 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical trip to the city takes 32 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is slower than in most areas, with a walk time of 17 minutes.

17

Higher than 60% of postcode 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.

32

Lower than 56% of postcode 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 5115, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5115/5115-sa/topic/transport