1.6% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flagstaff Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Flagstaff Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Flagstaff Hill have two motor vehicles, making it a highly car-dependent suburb. While it is very quick to drive to the city, the area relies almost entirely on buses for its public transport needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 48% of homes owning two vehicles and 17.3% having three. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Flagstaff Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.5% as the driver. Those working from home make up 11% of the workforce, a figure that is a little above the South Australian average but well below the national figure.
11.0% ▲ +202.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
The area has 13 public transport routes and 37 stops, which are among the largest counts for similar areas. However, the 67-minute transit time to the city is higher than most areas, and services are 100% bus-based.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.63
Higher than 72% 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).
1,011.5
Higher than 86% 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).
10,784
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).
23,728
Higher than 52% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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.
Driving to the city is fast, taking only 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also benefit from very easy access to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Flagstaff Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40444/flagstaff-hill/topic/transport