5276, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5276, SA

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

Reliance on private cars has remained nearly constant in postcode 5276, where almost no one now uses public transport to get to work. The area's transport landscape is dominated by a high number of vehicles per household, with 43.2% of homes owning two cars.

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📍 5276, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.1% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This trend has barely changed since 2011, and most households now own at least two vehicles.

3.1% ▲ +16.8%

Lower than 59% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5276, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working by car is the primary choice for 60.7% of residents, while 13.6% work from home. This is well above the South Australian figure, though well below the national average; meanwhile, public transport use for commuting has fallen to 0.0%.

13.6% ▼ -6.8%

Lower than 59% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 14.6%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 13.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 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 5276, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are extremely limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 0.75 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the South Australian average of 4.96.

0.75

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).

4.5

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5276, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5276/5276-sa/topic/transport