5301, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5301, SA

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

Almost every home in postcode 5301 relies on a car to get around, with only 2% of households having no motor vehicle. This dependence is clear in the daily commute, as no one uses public transport to get to work and many rely on working from home.

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📍 5301, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 21.8% of homes owning four or more vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.

2.0% ▼ -48.5%

Lower than 73% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5301, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common for 29.1% of people, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. This helps explain why 0% of the workforce uses public transport, a result that is well below the national average.

29.1% ▼ -27.9%

Higher than 81% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 40.4%
  • 2016: 34.7%
  • 2021: 29.1%

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 5301, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 56%; Worked at home is next at 34%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 15 public transport stops and 2 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. All available public transport services in the area are buses.

29.82

Higher 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).

202.8

Higher than 52% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 119 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

119

Higher than 87% of postcode areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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)).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5301, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5301/5301-sa/topic/transport