Nantawarra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Nantawarra

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

Car ownership is universal in Nantawarra, where every single home has at least two motor vehicles. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in how people travel, with nearly a quarter of workers operating from home to avoid the long trip to the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Nantawarra is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 45.5% owning two vehicles and over 27% having four or more.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nantawarra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (26%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 23.9% of people doing so—a figure far above the South Australian average of 9.6%. For those who do travel, nearly half drive themselves, while 6.5% walk to work.

23.9%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 28.1%
  • 2021: 23.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Nantawarra, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely absent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This lack of access is far below the South Australian average for the number of stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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.

The typical drive from Nantawarra to the city takes 72 minutes, which is about the same as other similar areas.

72

Higher than 52% 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 Nantawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41009/nantawarra/topic/transport