17.5% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Adelaide
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 17% of homes in Port Adelaide have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average of 7.4%. This high rate of car-free living is supported by a very strong public transport network and a short, 15-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.5% of households here do not own a car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. For those who do have vehicles, 45.3% of homes own one car and 27.6% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Adelaide, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 4.1%, which is much higher than most areas. However, working from home is far less common here at 10.5% compared to the Australian figure of 21.0%.
10.5% ▲ +168.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 an exceptional level of service, with 26.16 stops per 1,000 people and 10,328.8 weekly departures, both far above the state figures. This infrastructure allows over 132,000 people to be reached within 45 minutes via transit.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
26.16
Higher than 95% 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).
10,328.8
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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
45,665
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).
132,488
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).
46
Lower than 71% 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. This is much lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41187/port-adelaide/topic/transport