Neales Flat · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Neales Flat

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

Private cars are essential for daily life in Neales Flat, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. The area is very remote, with a typical 84-minute drive to the city and no public transport available.

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📍 Neales Flat, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with over half of all homes owning three or more vehicles. This is well below the state and national figures for homes without a car, which sit at 0%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Neales Flat, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 1 vehicle (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common in Neales Flat, with 40.4% of people doing so—a figure far above the national average of 21%. For those who do travel, 57.4% drive themselves to work.

40.4%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 29.3%
  • 2021: 40.4%

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 Neales Flat, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 41%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the South Australian average.

0.00

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).

0.0

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.

Getting around relies entirely on private travel, as the typical drive time to the city is 84 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

84

Higher than 59% 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 Neales Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41015/neales-flat/topic/transport