Craigburn Farm · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Craigburn Farm

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Craigburn Farm owns a car, with 99.7% of homes having at least one vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is the main way people get around, though a small number of residents use public transport or work from home.

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📍 Craigburn Farm, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as the percentage of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the South Australian and national figures. Over half of all households own two vehicles, and about 17% have three.

0.3% ▼ -66.7%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Craigburn Farm, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62% of residents. While 15.6% of people work from home—a figure well above the state average—only 3.5% use public transport for their daily commute.

15.6% ▲ +239.7%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 15.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

3.5% ▼ -42.5%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Craigburn Farm, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is based entirely on buses, with 3 routes and 7 stops serving the area. While these numbers are higher than in many similar areas, the overall number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.

2.26

Higher than 66% 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).

146.8

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).

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).

4,469

Lower than 66% 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.

The area is well connected to the city, with a typical drive time of 20 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop usually 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.

20

Lower than 83% 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 Craigburn Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40324/craigburn-farm/topic/transport