5641, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5641, SA

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Work habits have shifted in postcode 5641, where the share of people working from home fell by 6.5 percentage points since 2011. This area is heavily reliant on private cars for travel, with only 2.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. Public transport is almost non-existent for those commuting to work.

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📍 5641, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 37.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 32.5% having three or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

2.7% ▼ -11.8%

Lower than 63% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5641, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national 3.1%. While 18.7% of people work from home—which is well above the state average—most residents drive themselves to work.

18.7% ▼ -25.8%

Higher than 59% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 25.2%
  • 2016: 19.7%
  • 2021: 18.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In 5641, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are very limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.

1.00

Lower 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).

4.0

Lower than 81% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5641, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5641/5641-sa/topic/transport