2.1% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Callington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Callington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Callington, where only 2.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the way most people get to work and the limited use of available public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 34.3% owning two vehicles. This means far fewer households are without a car compared to the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Callington splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 4 or more at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 71.7% as the driver. Working from home is uncommon here at 7.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.3% ▲ +78.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Callington has 9 bus routes and 3 stops, which is more than many similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.80
Higher than 77% 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).
179.2
Higher than 72% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city takes 47 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, walking to the nearest stop takes 22 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
47
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)).
- 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 Callington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40203/callington/topic/transport