11.4% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salisbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Salisbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Salisbury have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on other options is supported by a strong public transport network, with the area offering far more frequent service departures than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.4% of homes here do not have a car, which is much higher than most other areas. While this is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%, the number of car-free homes has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Salisbury, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 4.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on cars to get to work, with 71.2% driving and only 3.6% using public transport.
4.4% ▲ +135.2%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 is well-served by 104 public transport stops and 39 different routes. This results in 1,875.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is well above the South Australian average.
104
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.59
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,875.3
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
39
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,594
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
47,543
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
60
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 21 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop usually takes around 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
21
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041046/salisbury/topic/transport