Delamere · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Delamere

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

Not a single home in Delamere is without a motor vehicle, a stark contrast to the 7.4% of Australian households that lack one. This reliance on cars defines the area, where most residents drive to work and the trip to the city takes about 83 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Over half of all homes here have two vehicles, and 15% have three. This explains why the area has a much lower rate of vehicle-less homes than the national figure.

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 Delamere, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and 14.7% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure. No one uses public transport to commute, leaving that figure well below the national average.

14.7%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 14.7%

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 Delamere, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

The area has a high number of bus stops per person compared to the state, but actual service is very low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.

12.35

Higher than 88% 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).

86.4

Higher than 67% 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.

Walking is rarely an option for transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking 21 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

21

Higher than 60% 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.

83

Higher than 58% 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 Delamere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40360/delamere/topic/transport