0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caltowie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caltowie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Caltowie has a car, with 28.1% of workers choosing to work from home. This is far above the South Australian figure, making remote work a common way of life here. While most people rely on their own vehicles, the area has a surprising number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0.0% of homes are without a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 76.3% owning either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Caltowie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (43%) and 3 vehicles (40%), with 1 vehicle at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 28.1% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the state average of 9.6%. Meanwhile, no one uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure.
28.1% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Caltowie has 16.39 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the two available bus routes provide very few departures, with only 32.8 weekly trips per 1,000 people.
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.
16.39
Higher than 90% 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).
32.8
Higher than 61% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop takes a typical 38 minutes on foot, which is higher than most similar areas.
38
Higher than 73% 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.
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 Caltowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40207/caltowie/topic/transport