7.5% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Morphett Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Morphett Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of working residents in Morphett Vale drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of transport stops, it remains quite far from the city center. Most homes here have one or two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have one car (40.7%) or two (35.6%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Morphett Vale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 6.1% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.1%, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
6.1% ▲ +196.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -40.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
The area has 120 public transport stops and 17 routes, among the largest for its level. Despite having many bus stops, the travel time to the city is among the highest at 84 minutes.
120
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.00
Higher than 77% 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).
1,352.5
Higher than 88% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,001
Higher than 77% 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).
43,762
Higher than 62% 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).
84
Higher than 94% 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.
A 25-minute drive to the city is much lower than in most other areas. It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for this level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Morphett Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40925/morphett-vale/topic/transport