Gifford Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Gifford Hill

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

Far more people work from home in Gifford Hill than in most similar areas, with 27.3% of the workforce doing so. This makes it a place where professional flexibility is common, though it lacks any local public transport options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 64%, ahead of 1 vehicle (21%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gifford Hill, 3 vehicles is the majority at 75%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 59.1% of workers drive themselves to work, and none use public transport. The proportion of people working from home is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6% and well above the national average.

27.3%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 27.3%

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

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In Gifford Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 55 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. Because there is no local service, the walk to the nearest stop is among the highest at this level, taking 79 minutes.

79

Higher than 96% 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.

55

Lower than 59% 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 Gifford Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40491/gifford-hill/topic/transport