2.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Direk · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Direk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Direk compared to the rest of the country, with only 4.1% doing so. This small area relies heavily on private cars for travel, as there are no public transport stops available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, and 53.2% have exactly two. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Direk, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 77.2% of people being the driver. Very few people use buses at 1.1%, and the proportion of people working from home is far below the national figure.
4.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport is nonexistent here, with zero stops, routes, or weekly departures. This puts Direk far below the South Australian average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It is a relatively quick 22-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 29 minutes, a time that is higher than most areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Direk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40366/direk/topic/transport