5210, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5210, SA

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

Almost every single home in postcode 5210 owns a motor vehicle, making it much more car-reliant than most other areas. This heavy dependence on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with 68% of workers driving themselves to work.

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📍 5210, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Zero per cent of homes here are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 44.6% owning two vehicles and another 22.7% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5210, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.3%), a figure well below the state average. While the number of people working from home rose to 10.3% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure of 21%.

10.3% ▲ +70.8%

Lower than 75% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 10.3%

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

0.3% ▼ -28.4%

Lower than 61% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 5210, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are limited, with only 2 stops and 3 routes serving the area. This means there are far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the rest of South Australia.

1.07

Lower than 74% 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).

33.0

Lower than 65% 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 44 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes 14 minutes.

14

Higher 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.

44

Higher than 53% 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 5210, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5210/5210-sa/topic/transport