3.8% ▼ -50.5%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5603, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5603, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in postcode 5603 drives to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this rural area. While almost no one uses public transport to commute, nearly one in five residents now works from home. This shift is significant, with home-working jumping 17 percentage points since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, and only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the proportion of carless homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5603, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 19.6%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. In contrast, 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work, a result that is well below both state and national levels.
19.6% ▲ +566.0%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. With just 23.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, access is far below the South Australian average.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.37
Lower than 62% 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).
23.7
Lower than 68% 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).
1
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5603, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5603/5603-sa/topic/transport