2.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gulfview Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gulfview Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 2.3% of homes in Gulfview Heights have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This high rate of car ownership reflects a community that relies heavily on driving to get around, though many residents still enjoy quick access to public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 40.9% of households owning two vehicles and 15.8% owning four or more. Only 2.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.2% seen across South Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gulfview Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 70.2% of people traveling as the driver. Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, at only 7.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.6% ▲ +144.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
The area is well served by 14 bus routes and 14 stops, more than 84% of similar areas. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than most areas, the transit time to the city is longer than usual at 69 minutes.
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.
3.81
Higher than 73% 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).
1,249.9
Higher than 88% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,094
Higher than 67% 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).
50,023
Higher than 65% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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.
Getting to the city by car is relatively fast, with a drive time of 24 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Pedestrians also have good access, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Gulfview Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40539/gulfview-heights/topic/transport