3.4% ▼ -63.7%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5583, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5583, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in postcode 5583 relies on a car, with only 3.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the daily commute, where public transport use has completely disappeared. While there are a few bus stops available, the area's transport landscape is dominated by private vehicle travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41.8% owning two vehicles and 13.2% owning three. The proportion of households without a car is much lower than the South Australian figure of 7.2%, and this number has fallen by 6.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5583, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 54.9% of workers drive as the sole occupant of a car, while 12.7% work from home—a figure that is well above the South Australian average but well below the national rate.
12.7% ▲ +59.3%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 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.
There are 5.97 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, the 16.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below South Australia's 1,317.0, and all available services are buses.
5
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher than 75% 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).
16.7
Lower than 70% 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 to a transit point can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 35 minutes. This is higher than most other areas.
35
Higher than 73% 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 5583, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5583/5583-sa/topic/transport