Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills

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

A far lower share of people work from home in Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills than across Australia, where the national figure is 21% compared to just 7.4% here. This reliance on traditional workplaces is mirrored in the area's transport patterns, where the vast majority of residents depend on cars to get around.

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📍 Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, with 37.3% owning two vehicles. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the South Australian and national averages.

5.0% ▼ -2.3%

Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 69.4% of people being the driver. While the number of people working from home rose to 7.4% since 2011, this remains far below the national average.

7.4% ▲ +138.5%

Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 7.4%

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

2.8% ▼ -19.8%

Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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 Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are limited, with only 25 stops and 4 routes, and the 3.64 stops per 1,000 people is well below the South Australian figure. All available public transport services in the area are buses.

25

Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

3.64

Lower than 60% 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).

798.7

Higher than 50% 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).

6,875

Lower than 84% 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).

6,875

Lower than 89% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive to the city takes 30 minutes. However, getting to the nearest transport stop is more difficult here than in most areas, with a typical walk time of 24 minutes.

24

Higher than 83% 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.

30

Higher than 58% 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 Hackham - Onkaparinga Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403041078/hackham-onkaparinga-hills/topic/transport