5150, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5150, SA

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

Every single home in postcode 5150 has at least one motor vehicle, making it a place where car ownership is essential. While the area is very close to the city, the total lack of people using public transport or working from home suggests a heavy reliance on driving for daily trips.

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📍 5150, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 80% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This stands in contrast to the state and national figures, where about 7% of households have no motor vehicle at all.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5150, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the only way people get to work, with 77.8% of workers driving themselves. This is reflected in the data showing 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport or works from home, which is far below the national figure for remote work.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In 5150, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

Despite having 11 different routes and a very high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the state average, the only available mode of public transport is the bus.

17.54

Higher than 95% 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).

13,157.9

Higher 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is just 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest stop on foot takes 52 minutes, a walk that is much longer than in most other places.

52

Higher than 82% 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.

12

Lower than 86% 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 5150, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5150/5150-sa/topic/transport