5481, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5481, SA

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

Over half of the workers in postcode 5481 drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. This is a car-dependent area where very few homes get by without a vehicle. While nearly one in five people work from home, public transport is almost non-existent for the daily commute.

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📍 5481, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households lack a car, with only 3.5% having no motor vehicle, a figure well below the South Australian average. Most homes have multiple cars, as 32% have two vehicles and 15.8% have four or more.

3.5% ▼ -0.9%

Lower than 53% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5481, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 31%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nobody in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Working from home is common at 19.4%, though this is slightly below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.

19.4% ▼ -13.3%

Higher than 61% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 22.3%
  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 19.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 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 5481, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited here, with only two routes and two stops serving the area. This is reflected in the weekly departures per 1,000 people, which are far below the South Australian figure.

4.02

Higher 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).

8.0

Lower than 77% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5481, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5481/5481-sa/topic/transport