9.0% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Albert Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Albert Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Albert Park than in most similar areas, with 9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is a little above the figures for both South Australia and Australia. Despite this, the majority of residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, with 37.1% owning two and 35.3% owning one. The number of households without a vehicle is slightly higher than the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Albert Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to their jobs, and only 9.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is 4.1%, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
9.5% ▲ +327.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Public transport is widely available here, with 11 routes and 10 stops, making it one of the best-served areas at this level. This high level of access is reflected in the 5.62 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the South Australian average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.62
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,098.3
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,499
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality 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).
86,049
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality 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).
53
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting to the city is quick, with a typical drive time of only 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with a typical walk of just one minute to the nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
12
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality 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 Albert Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40006/albert-park/topic/transport