1.8% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Crafers · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Crafers
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30 stops for public transport serve Crafers, making it one of the most well-served areas for its size. While most residents rely on cars, the local infrastructure is surprisingly extensive compared to other similar places. This creates a unique mix of high vehicle ownership and strong transit access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 74.9% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Crafers, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, but 16.5% work from home, a figure well above the South Australian average. About 2.3% of the workforce uses public transport to get to their jobs.
16.5% ▲ +104.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -58.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
The area has a very high number of bus stops and departures per 1,000 people compared to the state average. Despite this, it takes much longer than most areas to reach the city by transit, taking about 75 minutes.
29
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.
14.46
Higher than 89% 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).
1,908.3
Higher than 91% 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).
27
Higher than 87% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
75
Higher than 81% 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.
Driving to the city is relatively quick, taking only 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Crafers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40322/crafers/topic/transport