Reid · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Reid

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

Far fewer homes without a car are found in Reid than across South Australia or the rest of the country. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, making the area heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.

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📍 Reid, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 46.5% of homes having two vehicles and 14.1% owning four or more. This explains why 0.0% of households are without a car, a figure well below the state and national averages.

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 Reid, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, while only 6.0% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is 3.0%, which is about the same as the Australian average.

6.0%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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

3.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 3.0%

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 Reid, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

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, leaving it far below the South Australian average for transit access. Consequently, no one in the area can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.

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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 15 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. It takes 35 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is lower than most areas.

15

Higher than 53% 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.

35

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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41246/reid/topic/transport