Koonunga · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Koonunga

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

Far fewer homes lack a car in Koonunga than the national figure, with every single household owning at least one vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the long walks required to reach the nearest transport stop.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in the area has a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households that have none. Many residents have multiple cars, with 30% of homes owning four or more.

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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Koonunga splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (30%) and 1 vehicle (25%), with 3 vehicles at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 4.1%. Instead, 20.8% of the workforce works from home, a rate far above the state average.

20.8%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 42.9%
  • 2021: 20.8%

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 Koonunga, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 52.63 stops per 1,000 people—far above the South Australian average—the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure. All available public transport is provided by buses.

52.63

Higher 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).

526.3

Higher than 79% 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.

The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 31 minutes, which is higher than most areas. It takes 66 minutes to drive from Koonunga to the city.

31

Higher than 67% 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.

66

Lower than 52% 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 Koonunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40715/koonunga/topic/transport