Holden Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Holden Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Seven public transport routes serve Holden Hill, which is more than 91% of similar areas. This makes it a well-connected suburb where most residents can reach a transit stop within just 3 minutes. While cars remain the primary choice for travel, the area has a higher rate of public transport use than the state and national figures.

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📍 Holden Hill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 39.9% owning one vehicle and 37.0% owning two.

8.2% ▼ -25.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Holden Hill splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is 7.4%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 8.1% of people work from home, a rate far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.

8.1% ▲ +287.7%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 8.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

7.4% ▼ -25.0%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 7.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Holden Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area is very well served with 28 stops and 1,737.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian figure. All of this transit access is provided by buses, as there are no trains or trams.

7.53

Higher than 86% 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).

1,737.9

Higher than 90% 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.

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).

72,188

Higher than 73% 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).

48

Lower than 68% 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 is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very easy, taking only 3 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.

15

Lower than 88% 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 Holden Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40601/holden-hill/topic/transport