8.6% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goodwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goodwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 2,600 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Goodwood an area with exceptional transit options. This high level of service helps explain why many residents choose not to own a car and why the suburb has some of the fastest connections to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. The most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 46.8% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goodwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for its level at 8.2%, well above the South Australian figure. While 14.2% of people work from home, this is well below the national average.
14.2% ▲ +207.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.2% ▼ -35.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
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.
Goodwood has 23 public transport routes and 14 stops, providing access that is larger than about 84% of similar areas. This extensive network is used by 61.4% of commuters via bus, with trams and trains each making up around 19%.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.96
Higher than 77% 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).
2,689.3
Higher than 95% 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).
23
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
35,852
Higher than 86% 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).
144,747
Higher than 86% 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).
27
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The suburb is very well connected, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. It also has some of the lowest drive times to the city, taking just 5 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
5
Lower than 99% 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 Goodwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40520/goodwood/topic/transport