10.5% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alberton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 1 in 10 homes in Alberton have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national rate. This reliance on other options is supported by a very high number of public transport stops and a short 13-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A typical home here has one or two cars, but 10.5% of households have no vehicle at all. This is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alberton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 4.5% of people use public transport to get to work, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. However, only 9.3% work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.3% ▲ +265.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -52.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 10 stops and 6 different routes, making it much higher than most areas. Weekly departures are also much higher than typical, with 1,370.4 trips per 1,000 people.
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.
5.38
Higher than 79% 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).
1,370.4
Higher than 88% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
80,137
Higher than 74% 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).
44
Lower than 75% 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 drive time of just 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with the nearest stop typically just a 4-minute walk away.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40007/alberton/topic/transport