10.9% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gawler South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gawler South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes have a car in Gawler South than in most similar areas, with 10.9% of households living without one. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few residents use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian rate of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is one vehicle per home at 38.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gawler South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 69.5% as the driver. Only 5.6% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
5.6% ▲ +117.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Gawler South has 17 public transport stops and 15 routes, which is larger than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the South Australian figure.
17
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.
6.49
Higher than 83% 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).
925.1
Higher than 86% 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 to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40479/gawler-south/topic/transport