2.2% ▼ -64.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5581, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5581, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in postcode 5581 than in the rest of the country. Only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the very long travel times to the city and the lack of public transport use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 44.7% having two vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen 3.9 percentage points since 2011, leaving this area well below the South Australian average of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5581, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (40%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While 12.2% of people now work from home—a rise of 7.1 percentage points since 2011—this is still well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
12.2% ▲ +140.2%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to four bus routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. With only 3.52 stops per 1,000 people, access is well below the South Australian average.
2
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.52
Lower than 52% 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).
14.1
Lower than 71% 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).
4
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 62 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much higher than typical, at 118 minutes.
62
Higher than 88% 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.
118
Higher than 87% 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).
More for 5581, SA
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5581, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5581/5581-sa/topic/transport