Reeves Plains · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Reeves Plains

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes in Reeves Plains lack a motor vehicle, making cars an absolute necessity for daily life here. This reliance on driving is reflected in the fact that not a single single person uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 Reeves Plains, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 42.5% of homes having four or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Reeves Plains, the largest group is 4 or more at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 2 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the only way people get to work, with 66.7% of workers being car drivers. While 13.6% of people work from home—well above the South Australian figure—0.0% use public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.

13.6%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Reeves Plains, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the South Australian average of 1,317.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time to the city is 54 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

54

Lower than 59% 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)).
  • 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 Reeves Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41244/reeves-plains/topic/transport