0.6% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McLaren Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McLaren Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very low number of households without a car marks the transport landscape in McLaren Flat, where only 0.6% of homes lack a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in the way people move and work across the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple vehicles, with 44.9% owning two and 22.2% owning three. This explains why the proportion of households without a car is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McLaren Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.1% of residents as the driver. While 12.2% of people work from home—slightly above the state figure—no one in the area commutes using public transport.
12.2% ▲ +73.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Despite having six public transport stops and one route, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian average. The only available mode of transport is the bus.
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.
3.69
Higher than 72% 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).
172.3
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 51 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge for many, as the 26-minute walk is longer than in most areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 McLaren Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40851/mclaren-flat/topic/transport