1.6% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5137, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5137, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people in postcode 5137 use public transport to get to work than they did in 2011. This is a place where almost every home owns a car, and the vast majority of residents rely on driving or working from home to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here get by without a car, with only 1.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures, and most homes actually own multiple cars, with 25% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5137, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.8% of residents. While 14.9% work from home—which is well above the South Australian figure—only 1.0% use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
14.9% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero recorded stops and routes. This is far below the state average for service access.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Residents can reach the city in a short 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, getting to a transport stop is much harder here, with a typical walk taking 36 minutes.
36
Higher than 74% 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.
17
Lower than 77% 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 5137, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5137/5137-sa/topic/transport