5720, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5720, SA

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

More than a third of workers in postcode 5720 drive themselves to work, reflecting a high reliance on cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, there is a surprising shift toward public transport and working from home compared to a decade ago.

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📍 5720, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost half of all homes have just one motor vehicle, though 7.5% have four or more. Only 5.4% of households have no vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.

5.4% ▼ -20.4%

Higher than 65% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5720, SA, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the most common way to get to work at 36.3%, though 24.2% of people walk. Public transport use is among the highest for this area type at 6.0%, while 7.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure.

7.1% ▲ —

Lower than 88% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 7.1%

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

6.0% ▲ —

Higher than 90% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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 5720, SA, the largest group is Car (driver) at 45%, followed by Walked (30%) and Worked at home (9%).

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the region far below the South Australian average for transit access.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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 5720, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5720/5720-sa/topic/transport