1.8% ▼ -47.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eden Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eden Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a central part of life in Eden Hills, though public transport use is now more common here than in most of the country. Very few homes get by without a car, with only 1.8% of households owning no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has at least one car, and 43.4% of households own two. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eden Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, with 13.2% of the workforce doing so. However, 6.5% of residents commute via public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
13.2% ▲ +194.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 is well served by 18 public transport stops and 12 different routes, which is among the largest for its level. While bus and train services are frequent, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.96
Higher than 81% 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).
916.6
Higher than 86% 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).
12
Higher than 86% 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).
54,727
Higher than 67% 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).
55
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of just 17 minutes. This efficiency extends to local access, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Eden Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40389/eden-hills/topic/transport