1.7% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Northgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just a 13-minute drive from the city makes Northgate a highly accessible hub. Most households here rely on cars, but the area's strong public transport links provide an alternative to driving that is better than in most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northgate, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 66.3% of workers drive to work, 3.9% use public transport, a rate much higher than most similar areas. Only 10.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.7% ▲ +422.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -39.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 is well-served by five bus routes and 12 stops, meaning more people can be reached within 30 minutes by transit than in 89% of similar areas. Despite this, there are 3.77 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the South Australian figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.77
Higher than 72% 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).
1,107.4
Higher than 87% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,775
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
65,786
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
50
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is very convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes no time at all. This complements the quick 13-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than in most other areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41051/northgate/topic/transport