Hope Forest · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hope Forest

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

Every single home in Hope Forest has at least one motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life here. This reliance on driving is clear, as no one uses public transport to get to work and there are no local transit stops.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 84% having two or more vehicles. This is well below the national figure for homes without a car, which sits at 7.4%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hope Forest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.2% of residents. Around 14.5% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%.

14.5%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.2%
  • 2021: 14.5%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Hope Forest, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian average.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes about 43 minutes by car. For those without a vehicle, a walk to the nearest transit stop would take 84 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.

84

Higher than 99% 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.

43

Lower than 66% 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 Hope Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40605/hope-forest/topic/transport