3.4% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5126, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5126, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Around 67% of working residents in postcode 5126 drive themselves to work. This area is very well served by buses, with a high number of stops and frequent services compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 42.7% having two vehicles. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5126, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 4.9% of people use public transport to get to work—which is a little above the national figure—this is down 3.2 points from 2011. Only 8.1% work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
8.1% ▲ +224.4%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Public transport access is much higher than most areas, with 18 routes and 51 stops. The 1,712.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the South Australian figure of 1,317, though all services are buses.
51
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.89
Higher than 81% 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).
1,712.9
Higher than 86% 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).
18
Higher than 86% of postcode 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 about 23 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 57% 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.
23
Lower than 67% 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 5126, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5126/5126-sa/topic/transport