1.0% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Crafers West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Crafers West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High car ownership and a short drive to the city define Crafers West. Almost every home has a motor vehicle, and the typical commute to the city takes only 16 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few people get by without a car here, with only 1% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%, and nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Crafers West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 16.4% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. While 2.3% use public transport to commute, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.4% ▲ +106.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -59.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 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 high number of stops and 27 different routes, far more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,317, and all available services are buses.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.59
Higher than 76% 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).
775.8
Higher than 83% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the drive to the city is fast, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 34 minutes. This is higher than most areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40323/crafers-west/topic/transport