0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Farrell Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Farrell Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Farrell Flat has at least one motor vehicle, making a car essential for daily life here. This reliance on private transport is clear, with 69% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common in this area, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and nearly 20% having four or more. No households are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Farrell Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and 13% work from home, which is well above the South Australian average. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the national average.
13.0% ▲ +238.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While there are two bus routes and a higher number of stops per person than in most similar areas, the service is limited. Weekly departures are far below the state average, with only 19.9 departures per 1,000 people.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.95
Higher than 87% 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).
19.9
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 around is a slow process, as the drive time to the city is 96 minutes. Walking is also difficult for many, with a typical 21-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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)).
- 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 Farrell Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40432/farrell-flat/topic/transport