5270, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5270, SA

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

Almost every single home in postcode 5270 owns a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than most similar areas. The region relies heavily on private transport, with no one using public transport to get to work and a small number of bus routes available.

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📍 5270, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2% for households without a car. Most homes are well-equipped, with 41.9% owning two vehicles and 25.6% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5270, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 19.6%, which is far above the South Australian average. However, for those who do travel, 62.8% drive a car, while 0.0% use public transport—a figure well below the national average.

19.6% ▼ -2.9%

Higher than 62% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 20.2%
  • 2016: 18.5%
  • 2021: 19.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 5270, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only two routes and two stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and the only available service is the bus.

3.21

Lower than 55% 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).

9.6

Lower 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5270, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5270/5270-sa/topic/transport