15.0% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Renown Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Renown Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has grown significantly in Renown Park compared to national trends, with 7.6% of workers now commuting this way. This shift is reflected in the high number of households that do not own a car, which is far more common here than in the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15% of homes in Renown Park have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the South Australian rate of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, 44.4% have one vehicle and 29.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Renown Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 9.5% of residents doing so. While most people still drive to work, the 7.6% who use public transport is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
9.5% ▲ +297.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.6% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 served by 8 different bus routes and has 1,452 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. This high level of service means transit times to the city are much lower than in most areas.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.81
Higher than 77% 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).
1,452.2
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,823
Higher than 53% 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).
79,155
Higher than 74% 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).
38
Lower than 84% 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.
Getting to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. It is also easy to access the network, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Renown Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41252/renown-park/topic/transport