Field · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Field

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 40% of people in Field work from home, a figure far above the national average. This remote area relies heavily on private cars, as there is no public transport and the drive to the city takes 132 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Field has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without a car. Many households have multiple vehicles, with 36.4% owning three and another 36.4% owning four or more.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Field splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (25%), with 4 or more at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 38.1% of workers doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. No one uses public transport to get to work, while others rely on driving or walking.

38.1% —

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 42.9%
  • 2021: 38.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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Field splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (43%) and Worked at home (43%), with Walked at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Field, leaving it far below the South Australian average for service access.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 132 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

132

Higher than 86% 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 Field [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40435/field/topic/transport