9.7% ▼ -39.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Croydon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Croydon drive themselves to work, though the area is much better connected by transit than most. It is a highly accessible spot where the typical trip to the city takes just 36 minutes, and the walk to the nearest stop is very short.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most households rely on cars, with 38.4% owning two vehicles and 36.6% owning one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Croydon splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 6.2%, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian figure. Meanwhile, 12.9% of people work from home, a figure that is well below the national average.
12.9% ▲ +592.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -38.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Croydon has strong transit links with 11 routes and a high number of weekly departures, well above the South Australian figure. This makes it easier to reach others, with 103,435 people accessible within 45 minutes by transit.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.10
Higher than 74% 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).
1,793.4
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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,076
Higher than 73% 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).
103,435
Higher than 79% 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).
36
Lower than 87% 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.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a drive time of just 7 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar areas. It is also very easy to reach transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40329/croydon/topic/transport