7.2% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Noarlunga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Noarlunga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fourteen different public transport routes serve Port Noarlunga, which is among the highest number of routes for any area of this size. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb provides very good access to transit options. The typical commute to the city is relatively short at 28 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This rate is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Noarlunga splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 65.7% of people driving. Working from home is much less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 9.4% of workers doing so.
9.4% ▲ +263.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 is well equipped with 19 public transport stops and 5.86 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state figure. All available public transport is provided by buses.
19
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.
5.86
Higher than 81% 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).
1,157.5
Higher than 87% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
34,702
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop typically takes only 6 minutes. This is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Noarlunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41206/port-noarlunga/topic/transport