Flaxley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Flaxley

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

Almost every single home in Flaxley owns a motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life here. This is a place where residents rely heavily on their own transport, with nearly a quarter of workers avoiding a commute entirely by working from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 40.3% owning two vehicles and 45.2% owning three or more.

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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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Flaxley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 24.7% of residents doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

24.7% ▲ +35.7%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.2%
  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 24.7%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 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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In Flaxley, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent in Flaxley, with no routes or stops available. This is far below the state average, and zero people can reach others via transit within 45 minutes.

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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).

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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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by the car, as it takes a typical resident 51 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. This is much higher than most areas, though the drive time to the city is lower than in many other places at 31 minutes.

51

Higher than 80% 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.

31

Lower than 73% 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 Flaxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40445/flaxley/topic/transport