5.5% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flinders Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Flinders Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport options are available here than in most similar areas, making Flinders Park well-connected. While most people still drive, 16,361 people can be reached within 30 minutes using transit, and the area has one of the highest numbers of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have two vehicles, though 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is a little below the South Australian rate of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Flinders Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 4.9% of workers, which is among the highest for similar areas. In contrast, only 9.5% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.5% ▲ +197.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Flinders Park has 24 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas, all of which are bus services. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the state figure at 1,425.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.37
Higher than 75% 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).
1,425.0
Higher than 89% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,361
Higher than 69% 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).
90,921
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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 to the city is quick, with a drive time of just 9 minutes, among the lowest for its level. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Flinders Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40448/flinders-park/topic/transport