3.4% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Burton are without a car, with only 3.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area stand out as having a much higher rate of vehicle ownership than most similar places. Most residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 43.7% owning exactly two. The proportion of households without a car is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 74.6% of workers as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.1%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.1% ▲ +264.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 27 public transport stops and 6 routes are more than most similar areas, the transit time to the city is 73 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. All public transport services here are buses.
27
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.
4.14
Higher than 74% 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).
833.9
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).
6
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).
36,410
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).
73
Higher than 79% 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 to the city by car takes about 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transport, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Burton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40196/burton/topic/transport