3.4% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colonel Light Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Colonel Light Gardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Colonel Light Gardens than in previous years, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars. It is an exceptionally well-connected suburb, with a very high number of public transport stops and services compared to other similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households have two cars, while 16.7% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Colonel Light Gardens, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 59% of workers drive, those using public transport to get to work (4.2%) are much more common here than in most similar areas. Working from home is more frequent than the state average, but well below the national figure.
13.6% ▲ +206.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
This area is among the best served for transit, with 24 stops and 16 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, and the number of stops is much higher than most areas.
24
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.
7.25
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).
2,799.5
Higher than 96% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,317
Higher than 77% 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).
58,473
Higher than 68% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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.
It is very quick to get to the city by car, with a drive time of just 10 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Colonel Light Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40286/colonel-light-gardens/topic/transport