11.1% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Peterborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Peterborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A significant gap in car ownership separates Peterborough from the rest of the country, as 11.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While the town has a few public transport options, most residents rely on cars or walking for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More homes here lack a car than in most similar areas, with 11.1% of households having no vehicle. For those who do, the most common setup is a single car, found in 44.8% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Peterborough, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 60.5% of workers being the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.5% ▲ +62.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Peterborough has seven public transport routes and three stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures are far below the South Australian average, and all services are buses.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.01
Higher than 65% 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).
9.4
Higher than 58% 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).
7
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.
Getting to a transit stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 24 minutes.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41143/peterborough/topic/transport