0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nildottie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nildottie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Nildottie has a motor vehicle, placing it among the most car-dependent areas in the region. With a typical drive time of 130 minutes to the city, residents rely heavily on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Nildottie has a motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian rate of 7.2% for homes without one. Most households own two vehicles, while 15.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nildottie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 62.4% of people driving. While 12.9% work from home—a figure well above the state average—no one uses public transport for their commute.
12.9% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has two public transport routes and one stop, which is more than many similar areas. However, with only 18.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.55
Higher than 76% 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).
18.2
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 130 minutes, which is much higher than most 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 Nildottie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41032/nildottie/topic/transport