16.6% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gawler
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 17% of homes in Gawler have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This gap is striking for a regional centre, though the area is well served by a high number of public transport options. Most residents still rely on cars, and few work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.6% of households do not own a car, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. For those who do, the most common setup is a single vehicle, which is found in 44.7% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gawler, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, with 67.9% being the driver. Only 10.3% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.3% ▲ +206.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -74.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 an impressive 20.96 transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the South Australian average of 4.96. This is supported by 15 different routes and a very high number of weekly departures.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
20.96
Higher than 93% 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).
3,628.7
Higher 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 4 minutes. The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40474/gawler/topic/transport