8.6% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oakden · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oakden
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly two thirds of workers in Oakden drive themselves to work, though the area stands out for its strong public transport links. While most homes have one or two cars, about 8.6% of households have no motor vehicle at all, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The typical home here has one or two cars, but 8.6% of households do not own a vehicle. This is a little above the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oakden splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 6% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is among the highest for similar areas. In contrast, only 9.4% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
9.4% ▲ +369.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
Oakden has 14 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is more than most areas at this level. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than similar areas, it remains far below the South Australian figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.91
Higher than 73% 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).
811.9
Higher than 84% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,188
Higher than 72% 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).
88,561
Higher than 76% 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).
54
Lower than 57% 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 into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of only 13 minutes. It is also easy to reach a stop on foot, with a short 4-minute walk for most.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Oakden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41065/oakden/topic/transport