3.1% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burnside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas make Burnside a well-connected hub. While the area is highly accessible, it remains a car-reliant suburb where about 60% of workers drive themselves to work. Most households here own at least one vehicle, though a small number of residents rely entirely on other means of travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Burnside lack a car, with only 3.1% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own either one or two cars, while 12.7% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Burnside splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 17.2% of people work from home, a figure well above the South Australian average. The usual way to get to work is by car, but 4.5% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for similar areas.
17.2% ▲ +216.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
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.
With 18 stops and 5 routes, Burnside has more transport infrastructure than about 87% of similar areas. However, the 789.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,317.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.88
Higher than 81% 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).
789.9
Higher than 84% 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).
5
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).
35,701
Higher than 59% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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.
Getting into the city is quick, with a drive time of just 9 minutes, which is among the lowest for its level. Walking to the nearest stop is also easier than in most areas, taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40192/burnside/topic/transport