Cross Roads · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cross Roads

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

Every single home in Cross Roads has at least one motor vehicle. This makes the area stand out against the state and national figures, where about 7% of households typically have no car. Relying on private transport is a necessity here, as no one uses public transport or works from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly half of all homes have one car, while 21.4% have two. This high rate of ownership is reflected in the fact that 0% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cross Roads, 1 vehicle is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the only way people get to work, with 81.8% of workers being the driver. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, placing Cross Roads far below the national average of 21% who work from home.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Cross Roads, Car (driver) is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

There are 12.9 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the South Australian figure of 4.96. However, actual service is low, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the state average.

12.90

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).

96.8

Higher than 68% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest stop is short, taking about 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is long, taking 105 minutes.

5

Lower than 68% 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.

105

Higher than 72% 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)).
  • 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 Cross Roads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40328/cross-roads/topic/transport