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.
Jervois · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jervois
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Jervois now owns a car, making the area's transport patterns very different from the state average. While the town is sparsely populated, it has a high number of people working from home compared to other similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Jervois has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian and national figures for households without a car. Most homes have two or three vehicles, and 13.4% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jervois, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, but 19.8% work from home, which is far above the state figure. Over half of the workforce drives to work, and 4.1% walk.
19.8% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
While Jervois has more public transport stops per person than most areas, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state average. The only available service is the bus.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.75
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).
38.8
Higher than 62% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes about 71 minutes to drive to the city. Residents face a long walk to the nearest transport stop, with a typical trip taking 53 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
53
Higher than 81% 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.
71
Higher than 51% 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 Jervois [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40639/jervois/topic/transport