0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norton Summit · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norton Summit
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Norton Summit have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. While most people drive to work, the area is much more likely to have people working from home than the South Australian average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 83.5% of households owning three or more vehicles. Notably, no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norton Summit, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, but 17.8% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. Only 1.5% of the workforce use public transport to get to their jobs.
17.8% ▲ +148.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This means no residents can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of stops is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is relatively short at 19 minutes. However, it would take 84 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is among the highest times for areas at this level.
84
Higher 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Norton Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41052/norton-summit/topic/transport