1.8% ▼ -78.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Germein · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Germein
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Port Germein than across South Australia or the rest of the country. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of the area, where almost every household owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.2% seen in South Australia. Most households are well equipped, with 37.1% owning two vehicles and 13.2% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Germein splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.5% of people as the driver. No one uses public transport to commute, and the 7.7% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
7.7% ▲ +98.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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 3 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. While there are 8.15 stops per 1,000 people, the 103.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
8.15
Higher than 86% 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).
103.3
Higher than 69% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop takes longer here than in most other areas, with a typical walk of 34 minutes.
34
Higher than 70% 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).
More for Port Germein
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Germein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41196/port-germein/topic/transport