6.4% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Crystal Brook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Crystal Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Crystal Brook compared to the national figure, with only 7.6% doing so. This rural area relies heavily on private cars for travel, which is consistent with its long drive time of 118 minutes to the nearest city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 38.5% having one vehicle and 33.8% having two. A small number of households, 6.4%, have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Crystal Brook splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.2% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.5%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 4.1%.
7.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has two public transport routes and two stops, all of which are bus services. While this is higher than many similar areas, the 15.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.30
Higher than 62% 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).
15.6
Higher than 59% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 118 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 19 minutes, which is around the middle for this level of area.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
118
Higher than 79% 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).
More for Crystal Brook
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Crystal Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40331/crystal-brook/topic/transport