4.1% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5271, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5271, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in postcode 5271 relies on a car for daily life. Only 4.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. With very few public transport options, the car is the essential tool for getting around this large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40% owning two and 15.4% owning three. The proportion of households without any vehicle has fallen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5271, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.7% of people as the driver. Only 0.3% use public transport, and the 9.3% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.3% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ —
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only 6 stops and 4 routes serving the area. This results in just 4.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
6
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.78
Lower than 77% 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).
4.7
Lower than 81% 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).
4
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5271, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5271/5271-sa/topic/transport