12.9% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ferryden Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ferryden Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Ferryden Park live without a car than in most similar areas, with 12.9% having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While many still rely on cars, the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes to help people get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than the 7.2% seen across South Australia. For those with cars, 37% of households have one vehicle and 33.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ferryden Park splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with No vehicle at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 5.1% of workers, a little above the national figure of 3.1%. However, very few people work from home here; at 6.5%, this is far below the Australian average of 21%.
6.5% ▲ +253.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 served by 11 different routes and 14 stops, which is more than most similar areas. All public transport is provided by buses, though the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.11
Higher than 70% 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).
706.1
Higher than 82% 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).
11
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).
57,990
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).
58
Higher than 51% 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 relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 11 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Ferryden Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40434/ferryden-park/topic/transport