4.0% ▼ -60.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Edithburgh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Edithburgh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people rely on cars in Edithburgh than in most similar areas, with only 4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership is reflected in the daily commute, where over half of the workforce drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have two vehicles (45.2%) or one (34.8%), and the proportion of homes without a car is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Edithburgh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While 14.3% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian average of 21%.
14.3% ▲ +43.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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: 2.1%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to buses, with only one stop serving the area. This results in 14.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.82
Higher than 65% 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).
14.5
Higher than 59% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is difficult in Edithburgh, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 42 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
42
Higher than 75% 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 Edithburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40394/edithburgh/topic/transport