1.4% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hindmarsh Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hindmarsh Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private car reliance has remained the defining feature of transport in Hindmarsh Valley. Almost every home owns a vehicle, with 41.9% of households owning two. This dependence is clear as there is no public transport used for commuting and no local stops available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hindmarsh Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive, while 16.4% work from home, a rate well above the South Australian average of 9.6%.
16.4% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 the number of weekly departures far below the state figure of 1,317 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.
The area is quite isolated from services, with a typical 55-minute drive to the city. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 82 minutes, which is among the highest times for this type of area.
82
Higher than 98% 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 Hindmarsh Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40600/hindmarsh-valley/topic/transport