0.7% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Onkaparinga Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Onkaparinga Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 68% of workers in Onkaparinga Hills drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every home owns a motor vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 0.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 41.8% owning two vehicles and another 22.3% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Onkaparinga Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the national figure at 9.0%. While 2.3% of people use public transport to get to work—a figure much higher than most similar areas—the vast majority still rely on cars.
9.0% ▲ +96.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
The area has 4 public transport routes and 4 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 1.53 stops per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure, and all services are buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.53
Higher than 63% 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).
403.1
Higher than 77% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes about 25 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Conversely, the 29-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other places.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Onkaparinga Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41076/onkaparinga-hills/topic/transport