5482, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5482, SA

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

Almost no one uses public transport in postcode 5482, where car travel and working from home dominate daily life. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with only 4.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.

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📍 5482, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 18.6% having four or more. Only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

4.1% ▼ -18.3%

Higher than 54% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 4.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5482, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 21.4% of people doing so—a figure far above the state average of 9.6%. In contrast, 0.0% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure.

21.4% ▲ +26.2%

Higher than 67% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 17.0%
  • 2016: 21.8%
  • 2021: 21.4%

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 5482, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian average, and the only available mode is the bus.

2.07

Lower than 65% 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).

4.1

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 14 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

14

Higher 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.

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 5482, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5482/5482-sa/topic/transport