15.9% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oaklands Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oaklands Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Oaklands Park rely on driving to get to work, though the area is a major hub for public transport. It is a highly connected place where 15.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of car ownership is consistent with the area's exceptional access to transit services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 16% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the South Australian average of 7.2%. While 47.7% of households have one car, 26.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oaklands Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 9.2% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. In contrast, the 9.3% who work from home is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
9.3% ▲ +282.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.2% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 a major feature here, with 52 routes and 25 stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, making the area more reachable than most.
25
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.
6.33
Higher than 83% 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).
3,712.0
Higher 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).
52
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,190
Higher than 69% 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).
91,600
Higher than 77% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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 drive time of only 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Most people can walk to their nearest transport stop in just 4 minutes.
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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Oaklands Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41067/oaklands-park/topic/transport