0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Longwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of workers in Longwood drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. While most residents depend on their own transport, the drive time to the city is much lower than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Longwood has a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia. About 32% of households have two cars, while nearly 20% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Longwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A little over 11% of people work from home, which is a little above the state figure but well below the national average. Very few residents use the bus, though the 2.8% who do is much higher than in most similar areas.
11.7% ▲ +78.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -61.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the South Australian average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
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.
The drive to the city is relatively quick at 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, it takes 28 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most similar places.
28
Higher than 65% 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 Longwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40778/longwood/topic/transport