1.1% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5234, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5234, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 65% of working residents in postcode 5234 drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. Very few households get by without a vehicle, and public transport use remains low. This is a car-dependent area where the typical trip to the city takes 48 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.1% of households having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the number of vehicles per home has remained steady since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5234, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, 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, at just 0.7%, which is well below the state average. Working from home has risen to 13.2% since 2011, a figure that is well above the South Australian average but well below the national one.
13.2% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport is limited to buses, with only 2.91 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the South Australian figure, and there are far fewer weekly departures per person compared to the state average.
4
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.91
Lower than 58% 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).
67.6
Lower than 57% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. This helps explain why so few residents use public transport for their daily commute.
16
Higher than 59% 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.
48
Higher than 56% 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 5234, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5234/5234-sa/topic/transport