7.5% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5606, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5606, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in postcode 5606 compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.1% of workers do so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. This reliance on traditional workplaces is reflected in the high number of people who drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.9% owning two vehicles. About 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5606, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 71.8% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.4%), which is well below the South Australian figure of 4.1%.
4.1% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 options are limited to buses, with no trains or trams. The area has 22 stops, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian average.
22
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.52
Lower than 69% 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).
11.4
Lower than 73% 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).
3
Lower 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.
It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 54% 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 5606, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5606/5606-sa/topic/transport