7.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Green Fields · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Green Fields
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and departures are available in Green Fields than the South Australian average. While most people still rely on cars, the area's strong transit infrastructure makes it a bit more likely for residents to commute by bus than people elsewhere in the state or country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.6% owning two vehicles. About 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Green Fields, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Around 5.2% of workers use public transport, which is a little above the national and state figures. Very few people work from home at 6.5%, a figure that is far below the Australian average.
6.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Public transport access is very high, with 35.29 stops per 1,000 people and 8,552.9 weekly departures, both of which are far above the state average. The area is served by seven bus routes, more than about 91% of similar places.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
35.29
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).
8,552.9
Higher 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,467
Higher than 72% 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).
32,322
Higher than 57% 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).
61
Higher than 58% 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 drive time to the city is just 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes a typical resident about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Green Fields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40531/green-fields/topic/transport