20.7% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elizabeth Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elizabeth Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Elizabeth Vale lack a car than in most other areas, with 20.7% of households having no motor vehicle. This is significantly higher than the 7.2% seen across South Australia. While the area has very strong access to local bus services, getting to the city center by public transport takes much longer than in similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in five homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 46.9% of households have one vehicle and 21.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elizabeth Vale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and No vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 4.0%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most residents commute by car, with 67.0% driving and 6.8% travelling as passengers.
4.0% ▲ +129.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -35.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 infrastructure is very strong, with 31 stops and 13 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though it takes much longer than most areas to reach the city via these bus services.
31
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.
7.16
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).
2,325.3
Higher than 93% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,829
Higher than 60% 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).
61,924
Higher than 69% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in similar places, taking 26 minutes.
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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40404/elizabeth-vale/topic/transport