1.4% ▼ -62.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Millswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Millswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A six-minute drive to the city makes Millswood one of the most accessible spots in the region. This area is very well connected, with a high number of public transport routes and a low proportion of homes without a car. Most households have at least two vehicles, yet the suburb's proximity to the city supports a strong variety of travel options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a motor vehicle, with only 1.4% having none, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 44.2% owning two vehicles and 14.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Millswood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for similar areas at 6.1%, a little above the state and national figures. Working from home is common for 15.8% of residents, which is well above the South Australian average.
15.8% ▲ +193.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
With 11 public transport routes, Millswood is among the best connected at this level. It has 8 stops, and the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is a little above the state figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.68
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).
1,491.0
Higher than 89% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,650
Higher than 72% 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).
107,438
Higher than 80% 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).
37
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is easy, with a short six-minute drive to the city and a typical six-minute walk to the nearest stop. This puts Millswood among the areas with the lowest travel times to the city center.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Millswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40879/millswood/topic/transport