5495, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5495, SA

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

Far fewer households in postcode 5495 go without a car than the state or national figures, with only 3.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This high reliance on cars is reflected in the local workforce, where almost no one uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 5495, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 40.7% having two vehicles and 10.3% owning four or more. The number of carless homes has fallen slightly since 2011 to 3.8%, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia.

3.8% ▼ -17.9%

Higher than 50% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5495, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 69.6% of people as the main driver. Public transport use for commuting is non-existent at 0.0%, while 8.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average.

8.9% ▲ +49.5%

Lower than 81% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 8.9%

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: 1.4%
  • 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 5495, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

While the area has a few bus routes and 5.15 stops per 1,000 people, actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, and the only available mode of public transport is the bus.

5.15

Higher than 67% 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).

65.2

Lower than 57% 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 5495, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5495/5495-sa/topic/transport