3.5% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5173, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5173, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars than most other areas makes postcode 5173 highly dependent on private travel. Only 3.5% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. While public transport access is surprisingly high for the area, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 39.6% having two vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen to 3.5%, a figure well below the South Australian average of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5173, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, as only 1.7% use public transport to get to work. While 9.7% of people work from home—up from 3.2% in 2011—this is far below the national figure of 21%.
9.7% ▲ +197.7%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
There are 88 public transport stops here, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite having 9 bus routes and a high number of stops per person, weekly departures are a little below the state average.
88
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.66
Higher than 80% 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).
1,094.5
Higher than 75% 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).
9
Higher than 69% 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 34 minutes to drive to the city. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop typically takes around 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 55% 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.
34
Lower than 54% 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).
More for 5173, SA
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5173, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5173/5173-sa/topic/transport