0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gemmells · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gemmells
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single household in Gemmells relies on a car to get around. With no public transport available, the area is heavily dependent on private vehicles for daily travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 32.4% of homes owning three vehicles and another 23.5% having four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gemmells, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 2 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive themselves to work (76.5%), while 15.7% work from home. This rate of working from home is well above the South Australian average, but well below the national figure.
15.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport routes or stops serving the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the South Australian average.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 85 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area, while the drive to the city takes 37 minutes.
85
Higher 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)).
- 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 Gemmells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40481/gemmells/topic/transport