5.9% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blanchetown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blanchetown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A nearly four-hour drive to the city defines the remote nature of Blanchetown. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, as very few people work from home or use public transport. The area is sparsely populated with limited service options despite having a few bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is still a little below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blanchetown splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Blanchetown commutes by public transport, a result well below the state and national averages. Very few people work from home at 4.2%, while 70.5% of workers drive themselves to work.
4.2% ▲ —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Blanchetown has 6.56 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. Despite this, weekly departures are far below the state average, with only buses available.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.56
Higher than 84% 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).
91.8
Higher than 68% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The drive time to the city is 219 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
219
Higher than 99% 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 Blanchetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40124/blanchetown/topic/transport