0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car makes Alford stand out compared to most similar areas. This total reliance on private vehicles is common in such a remote spot, as there are no public transport routes or stops available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Alford has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. The most common setup is two cars per household, accounting for 40.6% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport, and only 7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most workers rely on their own car to get to their jobs.
7.0% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
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 means weekly departures per person are far below the South Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive time of 119 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
119
Higher than 80% 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)).
- 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 Alford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40011/alford/topic/transport