5272, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5272, SA

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

Few residents in postcode 5272 used public transport to get to work in 2021, a trend that has remained steady since 2011. The area relies heavily on private cars, though the number of homes without a vehicle rose from 0% in 2011 to 4.0% in 2021.

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📍 5272, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 39.9% owning two and 22.7% owning four or more. Only 4.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

4.0% ▲ —

Higher than 52% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5272, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Zero people used public transport for their commute, a figure well below the South Australian average of 4.1%. Instead, 54.8% drive to work and 18.1% work from home, which is well above the state average of 9.6%.

18.1% ▼ -22.4%

Higher than 57% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 23.3%
  • 2016: 20.9%
  • 2021: 18.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 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 5272, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the region far below the South Australian average for both stop density and weekly departures.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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 5272, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5272/5272-sa/topic/transport