7.9% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Prospect
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 9-minute drive to the city makes Prospect one of the most accessible areas in the region. The suburb is well-connected, with high public transport use and a small typical walk to the nearest stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 37.6% owning two and 37.4% owning one. About 7.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Prospect splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level, at 6.5%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 10.5% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.5% ▲ +237.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 a major transit hub with 30 routes and 55 stops, making it one of the largest at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the South Australian figure, and the 34-minute trip to the city is much lower than most areas.
55
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.
3.77
Higher than 72% 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).
1,591.7
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).
30
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
48,186
Higher than 87% 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).
72,872
Higher than 73% 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).
34
Lower than 89% 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.
Residents enjoy excellent proximity to transport, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute. This is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41220/prospect/topic/transport