Huntfield Heights · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Huntfield Heights

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

Just a two-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Huntfield Heights more accessible than most areas. While the suburb is well-served by 21 public transport stops, very few residents work from home, with only 5.5% doing so compared to a national figure of 21%.

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📍 Huntfield Heights, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 38.9% owning two vehicles. Around 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

6.6% ▼ -27.0%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 6.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Huntfield Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work. Only 2.1% use public transport, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the South Australian average of 4.1%.

5.5% ▲ +343.8%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 5.5%

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

2.1% ▼ -34.8%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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 Huntfield Heights, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

The area has a high number of public transport stops and routes, and all services are buses. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

5.00

Higher than 77% 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).

470.8

Higher than 78% 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).

17,293

Higher than 71% 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).

17,293

Lower than 53% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Residents have quick access to transport, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

29

Lower than 75% 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 Huntfield Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40616/huntfield-heights/topic/transport