1.1% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Birdwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Birdwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars remain the primary way to get around Birdwood, with very few households lacking a vehicle. Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where nearly 66% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 38.2% owning two and 23.6% owning three. The proportion of households without any vehicle is much lower than in South Australia, where 7.2% of homes have none.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Birdwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 13.2% of residents, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. However, very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%.
13.2% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
While Birdwood has 4 public transport stops—more than 76% of similar areas—the service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.91
Higher than 69% 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).
67.6
Higher than 65% 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).
9
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 48 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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 Birdwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40109/birdwood/topic/transport