Geranium · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Geranium

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Geranium owns a car, making it more vehicle-dependent than most similar areas. This reliance on private transport is clear as 100% of households have at least one motor vehicle, far exceeding the state and national figures.

Open map →
📍 Geranium, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 45% of homes having one vehicle and 30% having two. No households are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian rate of 7.2%.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

View on map →

In Geranium, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work or walk, while 10.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little above the South Australian average but far below the national figure of 21%.

10.8%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.6%
  • 2021: 10.8%

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.

How people get to work

View on map →

In Geranium, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Walked is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 4 public transport stops and 2 bus routes, which is among the highest for its level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.

48.19

Higher 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).

289.2

Higher than 74% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 110 minutes. This is much higher than most areas.

110

Higher than 75% 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).

More for Geranium

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Geranium [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40484/geranium/topic/transport