3.5% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5609, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5609, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are using public transport to get to work in postcode 5609 than in 2011. While this trend is growing, the area remains heavily dependent on cars, with only 3.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that fell slightly since 2011. Most households have at least one car, and 41.1% of homes own exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 5609, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.1% of people. Very few residents work from home at 2.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
2.6% ▲ +216.8%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 bus services, with no trains or trams. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 193.3, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.0.
6
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.06
Lower than 56% 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).
193.3
Higher than 52% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
12
Higher 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 5609, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5609/5609-sa/topic/transport