Netherton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Netherton

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

A massive gap separates Netherton from the rest of the state in how people move, with 32.1% of workers staying at home. This remote area relies almost entirely on private cars or home-based work, as there is no public transport available.

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📍 Netherton, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 62%, ahead of 1 vehicle (46%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Netherton, the largest group is 4 or more at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, where the figure is 21%. No one in Netherton uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.1%.

32.1%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 61.9%
  • 2021: 32.1%

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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Netherton splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (50%) and Worked at home (50%).

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Netherton, with zero stops or routes. This is far below the state figure of 4.96 stops per 1,000 people.

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 to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 130 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.

130

Higher than 86% 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 Netherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41022/netherton/topic/transport