3.4% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5480, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5480, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3.4% of homes in postcode 5480 have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area highly reliant on cars for daily travel. Most households own at least two vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 68% of homes have either one or two cars, with 12.4% owning four or more. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen to 3.4% since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5480, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 14.8% work from home, a figure well above the South Australian average. Only 1.4% use public transport, which is a little below the national rate.
14.8% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 very limited here, with only one route and three stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
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.
3.39
Lower than 53% 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).
4.5
Lower than 81% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 24 minutes. This is higher than most other areas.
24
Higher than 65% 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 5480, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5480/5480-sa/topic/transport