3.3% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Willunga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Willunga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 66% of working residents in Port Willunga drive themselves to work. While most households rely on cars, the area has a high number of transport stops and frequent services compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, with only 3.3% having no vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households have one or two cars, though 21% of homes own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Willunga splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here at 9.8%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.9% of the workforce uses public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
9.8% ▲ +147.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 largely bus-based, with 14 stops and 5 routes, making it larger than about 84% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, sitting a little above the state figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.84
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).
1,514.3
Higher than 89% 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).
5
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).
26,552
Higher than 54% 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.
The area is relatively accessible, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.
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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Willunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41216/port-willunga/topic/transport