2.7% ▼ -62.7%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5381, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5381, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in postcode 5381 than in the rest of South Australia. Most homes here own at least one vehicle, and the area has very little access to public transport. This makes private cars essential for almost everyone getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. This is a continuing trend, as the number of carless homes fell 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5381, SA splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (30%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 54.3% of workers drive themselves and 18.1% work from home, a rate well above the state average.
18.1% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only two routes and one stop. This results in just 59.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.98
Lower than 57% 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).
59.5
Lower than 57% 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 into the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 91 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
91
Higher than 77% 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 5381, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5381/5381-sa/topic/transport