11.2% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 160,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes by public transport from Norwood, reflecting its exceptional connectivity. This well-linked area sees far more people using buses for work than the state or national figures. These strong transit links help explain why more households here live without a car compared to other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2% and among the highest for similar areas. Half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norwood, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 7.4%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. While 14.6% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
14.6% ▲ +197.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.4% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 served by 21 different routes and 28 stops, making the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the state figure. All public transport services here are buses.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.41
Higher than 75% 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).
2,418.0
Higher than 94% 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).
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
45,686
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).
160,803
Higher than 86% 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).
31
Lower than 91% 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 to the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 4 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute.
1
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.
4
Lower than 99% 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 Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41053/norwood/topic/transport