1.4% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Middleton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Middleton compared to the state average, with only 1.4% of households without one. This heavy reliance on private cars is mirrored in the daily commute, as virtually no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 42.7% of households own two. This explains why the 1.4% of homes without a vehicle is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Middleton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, with 64.5% of people driving. While 13.4% work from home, which is well above the state average, no one in the area uses public transport for their commute.
13.4% ▲ +81.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
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: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
The area has 5 bus routes and 2 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 74 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
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.
1.54
Higher than 63% 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).
74.0
Higher than 66% 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).
5
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 58 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 33 minutes, which is a longer walk than in most other areas.
33
Higher than 69% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40870/middleton/topic/transport