0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penwortham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Penwortham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Penwortham have two motor vehicles, making cars a central part of life here. This is a car-dependent area where no households are without a vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Penwortham has at least one motor vehicle. Most households own two or three cars, with 13.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Penwortham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, while 15.8% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure. No one here commutes using public transport.
15.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The area has 5 bus routes and 2 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.27
Higher than 88% 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).
73.6
Higher than 65% 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).
5
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 takes 86 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Penwortham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41140/penwortham/topic/transport