16.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5608, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5608, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Roughly 16.4% of homes in postcode 5608 have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the South Australian and national averages. While there is a high number of public transport stops available, very few people actually use them to get to work. This creates a unique transport profile where vehicle access is lower than usual but car travel remains the primary way to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More households here live without a car than in most similar areas. While this fell slightly since 2011, 16.4% of homes still have no vehicle, though 40.9% of homes have one and 28.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5608, SA, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 67.6% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 1.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
1.5% ▲ +59.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
The area has 96 public transport stops, which is more than 84% of similar places, and 7.36 stops per 1,000 people. However, the 518.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
96
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.36
Higher than 85% 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).
518.6
Higher than 62% 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).
11
Higher than 73% 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 a typical resident about 6 minutes to walk to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
6
Lower than 57% 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 5608, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5608/5608-sa/topic/transport