0.6% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lewiston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lewiston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.6% of Lewiston homes have no motor vehicle, making it an area where almost every household relies on a car. The community is heavily dependent on private transport for daily needs, which is reinforced by a total lack of public transport options within the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 82% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This explains why the number of car-free homes is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lewiston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.8% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 8.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.2% ▲ +50.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -78.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the South Australian average and means no one can reach other areas via transit within 45 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
It takes about 35 minutes to drive from Lewiston to the city, which is a shorter commute than most similar areas.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Lewiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40760/lewiston/topic/transport