0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melrose
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Melrose lack a car compared to the state average, with every single household owning at least one vehicle. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people get to work, as 21% of residents work from home and others mostly rely on cars or walking.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Melrose has a motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian and national figures. Half of all households own two vehicles, while 13.3% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melrose, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes via public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 21% of residents work from home—a rate far above the state average—while 49.7% drive to work.
21.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route and one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
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.
2.92
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).
5.8
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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 19 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
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 Melrose
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40856/melrose/topic/transport