7.5% ▲ +153.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mallala · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mallala
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars and a low rate of working from home have shaped how people move through Mallala. While most households own at least one vehicle, 11% of workers use public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the national average but much higher than most similar areas. Most households have two vehicles (35.5%) or one vehicle (30.2%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mallala, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 3.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Instead, 62.3% of people drive themselves to work, and another 11% use a bus.
3.9% ▼ -51.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.0% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has two public transport stops and one bus route. While this is more than 72% of similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.92
Higher than 65% 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).
3.8
Higher than 58% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 42 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 28 minutes, which is higher than in most 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.
42
Lower than 66% 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 Mallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40811/mallala/topic/transport