19.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Australia Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Australia Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in Australia Plains, making it higher than most similar areas for car reliance. While 19% of workers operate from home, the lack of transit options means most people must drive to get around. This is a remote area where the typical trip to the city takes 89 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 21%, ahead of 3 vehicles (21%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Australia Plains splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (36%), with 2 vehicles at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 19%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. Since 66.7% of people drive and nobody uses buses or trains, public transport use is well below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 serving the area. This puts the number of weekly departures far below the South Australian figure of 1,317 per 1,000 people.
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 is a long trip, with a drive time of 89 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
89
Higher than 62% 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 Australia Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40053/australia-plains/topic/transport