5280, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5280, SA

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

Zero people used public transport to get to work in postcode 5280 at the last census. This area relies heavily on private cars for travel, with very few residents working from home compared to the national figure. The region is largely underserved by transit, with only two bus routes available.

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📍 5280, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, and 35.6% have two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures.

5.4% ▼ -15.0%

Higher than 65% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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5280, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is dominated by cars, as 66.9% of people drive themselves. The 8.8% who work from home is far below the Australian average of 21%, and effectively no one uses public transport to commute.

8.8% ▲ +25.1%

Lower than 82% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 8.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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 5280, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only three stops and two bus routes. This means there are just 0.40 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the South Australian average of 4.96.

0.40

Lower than 81% 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).

2.6

Lower than 83% 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 5280, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5280/5280-sa/topic/transport