4.1% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5355, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5355, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without a car than the state average marks postcode 5355 as an area heavily dependent on private vehicles. Only 4.1% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people travel for work and the limited public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 36.5% having two and 14.7% having three. The proportion of homes with no vehicle has fallen slightly since 2011 to 4.1%, leaving it well below the South Australian average of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5355, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.7% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport (0.4%), and the 8.1% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.1% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 is limited to buses, with only 2.29 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian average of 4.96. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the state figure.
19
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.29
Lower than 63% 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).
56.8
Lower than 58% 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).
16
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes about 51 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is around the middle for similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 57% 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.
51
Higher than 58% 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 5355, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5355/5355-sa/topic/transport