5483, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5483, SA

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

Not a single home in postcode 5483 is without a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen 4.3 percentage points since 2011. This total reliance on cars defines the area, where most households own two or more vehicles and public transport is almost never used for commuting.

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📍 5483, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Half of all households own two vehicles, while another 13.3% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5483, SA, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nobody here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 21% of people work from home—a rate far above the South Australian average—and nearly half drive themselves to work.

21.0% ▲ +4.8%

Higher than 65% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 20.0%
  • 2016: 23.6%
  • 2021: 21.0%

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: 1.8%
  • 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 5483, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only one stop and one route available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and the only service available is the bus.

2.92

Lower than 58% 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).

5.8

Lower than 79% 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 to the nearest transport stop takes 19 minutes on foot, which is higher than most areas.

19

Higher than 61% 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 5483, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5483/5483-sa/topic/transport