0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the standout feature for Golden Heights, where vehicle ownership is universal. This total reliance on cars is a necessity given the area's extreme distance from the city and the complete lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian rate of 7.2% for carless homes. Most households have two vehicles, while 18.2% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Golden Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 74.4% as the driver and 5% as a passenger. While 14.9% work from home—well above the South Australian figure—no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
14.9% ▲ +84.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Golden Heights far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also high at 107 minutes.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
107
Higher than 73% 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 Golden Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40517/golden-heights/topic/transport