1.6% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5344, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5344, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has risen from just 0.7% in 2011 to 3.6% in postcode 5344, though cars remain the dominant way to get around. This is a highly vehicle-reliant area where almost every home owns at least one motor vehicle, and very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 38.2% owning two vehicles and 19.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5344, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work, while 9.0% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. The number of people using public transport to commute has grown to 3.6% since 2011.
9.0% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▲ +401.1%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are limited to two bus routes, with weekly departures far below the South Australian figure. There are 3.26 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the state average.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.26
Lower than 54% 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).
28.3
Lower than 67% 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).
2
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop takes longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 27 minutes to the nearest one.
27
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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 5344, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5344/5344-sa/topic/transport