4.4% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McLaren Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McLaren Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Heavy reliance on cars defines daily travel in McLaren Vale, where 63.2% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of bus stops and routes, public transport use remains very low. This creates a transport landscape where most homes own at least one vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 36.7% owning two vehicles and 13.5% owning three. Only 4.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →McLaren Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 13.3% of residents, which is well above the South Australian figure but well below the national rate. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 1.4%.
13.3% ▲ +55.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
The area has 26 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
26
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.40
Higher than 83% 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).
875.6
Higher than 85% 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).
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 a typical resident about 34 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 24 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40852/mclaren-vale/topic/transport