5454, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5454, SA

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

Nearly 58% of workers in postcode 5454 drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural area. It is a place where almost every single household owns a motor vehicle, and the typical commute to the city takes around 130 minutes.

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📍 5454, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the South Australian average of 7.2%. Most households have at least two cars, with 21.3% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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5454, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 1 vehicle (29%), with 4 or more at 21%.

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%. Around 15.6% of people work from home, a rate well above the South Australian average but well below the Australian figure.

15.6% ▼ -17.7%

Lower than 52% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 19.0%
  • 2016: 22.5%
  • 2021: 15.6%

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 5454, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 5.12 public transport stops per 1,000 people, these only cover two bus routes. The number of weekly departures is far below the state average, with only 10.2 trips per 1,000 people.

5.12

Higher than 66% 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).

10.2

Lower than 75% 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.

Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 56 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest at this level.

56

Higher than 85% 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.

130

Higher than 90% 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 5454, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5454/5454-sa/topic/transport