Ingle Farm · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Ingle Farm

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

Far more public transport options than most similar areas make Ingle Farm a well-connected hub. The suburb has 71 transit stops and 22 routes, which helps explain why its use of public transport to get to work is among the highest at this level.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.

6.9% ▼ -13.9%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Ingle Farm splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

While 68.4% of workers drive, 6% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure. Only 5.7% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.

5.7% ▲ +191.5%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 5.7%

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

6.0% ▼ -14.9%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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 Ingle Farm, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Bus is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

The area is very well served by buses, with 7.44 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state figure. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, meaning 96,538 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.

7.44

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).

2,170.7

Higher than 93% 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).

38,855

Higher than 86% 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).

96,538

Higher than 78% 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).

51

Lower than 62% 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 across the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 20 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

20

Lower than 83% 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 Ingle Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40619/ingle-farm/topic/transport