5570, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5570, SA

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

Far fewer homes lack a car in postcode 5570 compared to the state and national figures, with only 3.3% of households without a vehicle. This highlights a heavy reliance on private transport in an area where public transit is almost never used for commuting.

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📍 5570, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 43.8% owning two vehicles. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011, leaving it well below the South Australian average of 7.2%.

3.3% ▼ -52.5%

Lower than 56% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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5570, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (44%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 7%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While 16.0% of people work from home—well above the state average—this is a 14 point drop since 2011.

16.0% ▼ -46.6%

Higher than 50% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 30.0%
  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 16.0%

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: 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 5570, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

There are 6.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian figure. However, these are only bus services and the 26.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.

6.70

Higher than 80% 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).

26.8

Lower than 67% 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 around is challenging, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 85 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level, and the drive to the city takes 82 minutes.

85

Higher than 99% 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.

82

Higher than 73% of postcode areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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 5570, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5570/5570-sa/topic/transport