14.8% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elizabeth Downs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elizabeth Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 70% of workers in Elizabeth Downs drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While public transport is well available, nearly 15% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This creates a strong reliance on the local bus network for those without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 15% of homes in Elizabeth Downs have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.4% national figure. Most households have just one car, while 27% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elizabeth Downs, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very uncommon here, with only 4.2% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. A small number of residents, 4.6%, use public transport to get to work.
4.2% ▲ +381.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 access is strong with 42 stops and 9 routes, providing 2,066 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is well above the South Australian figure, although the travel time to the city is much higher than most areas.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.14
Higher than 86% 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).
2,066.1
Higher than 92% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
26,493
Higher than 79% 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).
57,242
Higher than 68% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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 to the nearest stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 30 minutes, lower than in most other places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Elizabeth Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40398/elizabeth-downs/topic/transport