Brinkworth · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Brinkworth

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

About 65% of workers in Brinkworth drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where every single home has a motor vehicle, which is far below the national figure of 7.4% for households without one.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Brinkworth has a motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian rate of 7.2%. Most households have at least two cars, with 32.4% owning two and 24.5% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Brinkworth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 4 or more (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While 14.8% of people work from home, this is well above the South Australian average of 9.6%.

14.8% ▲ +77.4%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 19.5%
  • 2021: 14.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Brinkworth, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Brinkworth has 8.23 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. However, with only one bus route, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian average.

8.23

Higher than 86% 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).

8.2

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a challenge as the drive time to the city is 112 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 59-minute walk to the nearest stop.

59

Higher than 85% 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.

112

Higher than 76% 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 Brinkworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40163/brinkworth/topic/transport