5654, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5654, SA

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

Working from home has grown significantly in postcode 5654, with 28.0% of the workforce now doing so. This shift reflects a broader trend toward flexible work in an area where almost no one uses public transport to commute. Most households here rely heavily on multiple cars to get around.

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📍 5654, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.7% having none—a figure well below the South Australian and national averages. Instead, most households own multiple vehicles, including 29.3% with two cars and 17.1% with four or more.

3.7% ▲ +58.5%

Lower than 52% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 3.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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5654, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (27%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Not a single person in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. The majority of residents drive, while 28.0% work from home, a figure that rose 5.2 percentage points since 2011.

28.0% ▲ +22.8%

Higher than 79% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 22.8%
  • 2016: 20.5%
  • 2021: 28.0%

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: 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 5654, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 8.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—service is sparse. There are only two bus stops in the area, and weekly departures are far below the South Australian figure.

8.70

Higher than 87% 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).

17.4

Lower than 70% 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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5654, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5654/5654-sa/topic/transport