0.7% ▼ -72.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Macclesfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Macclesfield owns a car, with just 0.7% of households without one. This makes the area much less likely to be car-free than the state and national figures. It is a place where private vehicles are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 44.7% of homes owning two vehicles and another 32.5% having three or more. This explains why so few households lack a motor vehicle compared to the rest of the country.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macclesfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.5% as the driver and 3.5% as a passenger. Only 0.4% use public transport, which is well below the South Australian figure, while 11.6% work from home.
11.6% ▲ +63.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -63.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 very limited, as no one can be reached within 45 minutes by transit. While there are 3 bus routes, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.71
Higher than 60% 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).
12.0
Higher than 59% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. It typically takes 14 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
36
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40799/macclesfield/topic/transport