8.8% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gawler River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gawler River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single person in Gawler River relies on a car for their daily needs. With no public transport options available, the area is heavily dependent on private vehicles to reach work and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 38.2% having two and 23.5% having four or more. However, 8.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gawler River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average. Most people drive, while 8.9% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.9% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is entirely absent in Gawler River. There are no stops or routes, meaning the number of weekly departures and the number of people reachable by transit are both zero.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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.
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 lack of local transit is stark, with a 62-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes.
62
Higher than 86% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40478/gawler-river/topic/transport