7.4% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dry Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dry Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Dry Creek, despite the area having a very high number of transit stops and services. While the drive to the city is short at just 14 minutes, the daily routine here is heavily reliant on private cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 32.6% owning two and 17.9% owning three. About 7.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dry Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 5.5% doing so. This reliance on travel is almost entirely car-based, as 0.0% of residents use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the state and national averages.
5.5% ▲ +56.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Dry Creek has a high density of infrastructure, with 12 stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the South Australian figure, though these services mainly consist of trains.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
51.72
Higher 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).
2,974.1
Higher than 97% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
A short 14-minute drive connects the area to the city, which is much lower than most areas. However, walking to the nearest stop takes about 76 minutes, which is among the highest travel times for this level.
76
Higher than 94% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Dry Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40373/dry-creek/topic/transport