9.8% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Firle · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Firle
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Eight minutes is all it takes to drive from Firle to the city, making it a highly accessible spot. While most people rely on cars, the area is better connected to public transport than most of the state, with a small but notable number of residents choosing buses for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 10% of homes in Firle have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure. Most households keep one or two cars, with 42.3% owning one and 34.2% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Firle, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Around 7% of workers use public transport, a rate well above the Australian average. This is more common here than working from home, which 10.4% of people do—a figure far below the national level.
10.4% ▲ +520.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
Public transport is very accessible, with 7.96 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the South Australian figure. The area is served by eight bus routes and offers some of the highest weekly departures per person in the region.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.96
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).
2,301.7
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
37,090
Higher than 86% 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).
92,656
Higher than 77% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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 around is simple, with a very short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. This ease of access is reflected in the short 8-minute drive time to the city.
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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Firle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40438/firle/topic/transport