5340, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5340, SA

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

Nearly 65% of people in postcode 5340 drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this area. While car use is dominant, there has been a notable rise in people using public transport for their daily commute since 2011.

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📍 5340, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households here go without a car, with only 2.3% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most homes own at least two vehicles.

2.3% ▲ +12.0%

Lower than 69% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5340, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work has climbed to 9.2%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. In contrast, only 5.6% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.

5.6% ▼ -24.3%

Lower than 92% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 5.6%

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

9.2% ▲ —

Higher than 97% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 9.2%

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 5340, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Bus is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

Local transport options are limited, with just one stop and two routes serving the area. This results in only 0.69 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure.

0.69

Lower than 78% 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).

2.7

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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5340, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5340/5340-sa/topic/transport