4.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nuriootpa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nuriootpa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Nuriootpa now rely on private cars and local travel than in previous years. While the area has a good number of transport routes for its size, very few residents use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Nuriootpa have at least one car, with 35.9% owning two. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nuriootpa splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 70.7% of workers being the driver. Very few people use public transport (0.3%), and the 7.0% who work from home is far below the Australian figure.
7.0% ▲ +64.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Nuriootpa has 16 public transport routes and 9 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 60.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.30
Higher than 62% 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).
60.1
Higher than 64% 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).
16
Higher than 86% 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.
It is relatively easy to reach a stop on foot, with a typical walk of five minutes. The drive time to the city is 49 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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 Nuriootpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41058/nuriootpa/topic/transport