5.3% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McCracken · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McCracken
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the main way of getting around McCracken, where 61.3% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has more public transport routes than most similar places, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas, though this is still a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households have one or two cars, with 46.3% owning one and 36.7% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McCracken, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.5% of workers use public transport, which is well below the state average of 4.1%. Another 11.2% work from home, a figure that is a little above the South Australian average but well below the national figure of 21.0%.
11.2% ▲ +66.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 is served by six bus routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.89
Higher than 69% 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).
135.8
Higher than 72% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes about 58 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. The walk to the nearest public transport stop usually takes about 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
58
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).
More for McCracken
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in McCracken [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40849/mccracken/topic/transport