Mypolonga · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mypolonga

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly every home in Mypolonga has a car, making it a place where private vehicles are essential. This reliance is clear as not a single household is without a motor vehicle, which is far lower than the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 41.2% owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning four or more. This explains why 0.0% of homes lack a car, a figure well below the 7.4% national average.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mypolonga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.4% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 8.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.

8.5% ▼ -16.9%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 11.9%
  • 2021: 8.5%

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: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Mypolonga, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has two bus routes, public transport is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 19.8, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.0.

1.98

Higher than 65% 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).

19.8

Higher than 59% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around on foot is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 81 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area, and the drive to the city takes 76 minutes.

81

Higher than 97% 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.

76

Higher than 54% 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 Mypolonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40996/mypolonga/topic/transport