1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gawler Belt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gawler Belt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Gawler Belt drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this area. Most households own multiple vehicles, with very few people using public transport or working from home compared to national trends.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 88.8% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gawler Belt splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (30%), with 3 vehicles at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%, and only 6.5% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
6.5% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are seven public transport routes, the service is almost entirely buses. Public transport stops are far fewer than the state average, and no one can reach another person within 45 minutes using transit.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.00
Higher than 61% 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).
50.0
Higher than 63% 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).
7
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.
The typical drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. Residents typically face an 11-minute walk to reach their nearest transport stop.
11
Lower than 53% 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 Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40475/gawler-belt/topic/transport