Langhorne Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Langhorne Creek

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

Almost every home in Langhorne Creek owns a car, making the area very dependent on private vehicles. This reliance is clear as 0% of residents use public transport to get to work, and most people rely on driving or working from home.

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📍 Langhorne Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Langhorne Creek is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with over half owning three or more vehicles.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 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 Langhorne Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.1% of residents. While 17.4% work from home—well above the South Australian figure—no one here uses public transport for their daily commute.

17.4% ▲ +8.4%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.1%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 17.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Langhorne Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

There are more stops per person here than in most similar areas, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure. Only buses operate in the area, with four stops across two routes.

9.01

Higher than 87% 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).

45.0

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes typically 59 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to a transport stop on foot is difficult, as the walking time is much higher than in most areas.

72

Higher than 92% 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.

59

Lower than 57% 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 Langhorne Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40747/langhorne-creek/topic/transport