5308, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5308, SA

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

Nearly 45% of workers in postcode 5308 drive to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. Residents rely heavily on private transport and home-based work due to a total lack of public transit options.

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📍 5308, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the South Australian average of 7.2%. Most households have one or two cars, though 18% of homes own four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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5308, SA splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 4 or more at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 29.9% of people doing so—far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. Meanwhile, no one uses public transport to get to work.

29.9% ▼ -15.0%

Higher than 82% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 35.1%
  • 2016: 38.6%
  • 2021: 29.9%

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 5308, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely unavailable in this area, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the South Australian average of nearly five stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The distance to the city is significant, with a typical drive time of 118 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.

118

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 5308, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5308/5308-sa/topic/transport