Auldana · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Auldana

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

Only 2.7% of households in Auldana have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area highly dependent on cars for daily travel. While most residents rely on driving, a small number use public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 47.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 14% owning four or more. Very few households get by without a car, a rate much lower than the 7.4% seen across Australia.

2.7% ▲ +82.0%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Auldana, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 70.2% as the driver and 4.2% as a passenger. About 14.2% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure but well below the national rate.

14.2% ▲ +125.1%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 14.2%

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

1.9% ▼ -62.1%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 Auldana, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with no stops or routes in the area and zero weekly departures per 1,000 people. This results in a long transit time of 66 minutes to reach the city.

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.

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).

75,484

Higher than 73% 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).

66

Higher than 68% 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.

Driving to the city is quick, taking just 11 minutes, which is among the lowest times for similar areas. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 6 minutes.

6

Lower than 64% 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.

11

Lower than 94% 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 Auldana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40052/auldana/topic/transport