Davenport · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Davenport

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

A tenth of homes in Davenport have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While public transport stops are common, the actual number of services is very low compared to the state average.

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📍 Davenport, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Half of all households in Davenport have only one vehicle, and 10% have none. This rate of car-free homes is a little above the figures for both South Australia and Australia.

10.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 44.8%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Davenport, 1 vehicle is the majority at 63%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 88%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).

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

Public transport access

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

The area has 6.41 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian figure. However, with only one bus route serving the area, the 96.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.

6.41

Higher than 83% 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).

96.2

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.

Getting to the nearest public transport stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of only 6 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.

6

Lower than 64% 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.

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 Davenport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40351/davenport/topic/transport