10.6% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Plympton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Plympton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 12% of people in Plympton use public transport to get to work, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on transit is supported by a high number of nearby stops and a very short 8-minute drive to the city. It is a place where many residents choose to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.4% typical for Australia. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Plympton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 11.8%, while working from home is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people still drive themselves to work, accounting for 56.1% of trips.
8.9% ▲ +315.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.8% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 highly accessible here, with 29 routes and a number of weekly departures that is far above the South Australian figure. This makes the area more connected than about 91% of similar places, with a transit time to the city that is much lower than most.
29
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.
5.31
Higher than 79% 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).
3,081.0
Higher than 97% 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).
29
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
47,002
Higher than 86% 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).
146,654
Higher than 86% 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).
42
Lower than 78% 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.
The area is very convenient for travel, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop and one of the lowest drive times to the city.
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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Plympton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41167/plympton/topic/transport