1.4% ▼ -75.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Saddleworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Saddleworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Saddleworth has a motor vehicle, with only 1.4% of households lacking one. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where 71.5% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport stops are available, they are rarely used by the local workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 40.7% have exactly one. The 1.4% of homes without a vehicle is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Saddleworth, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is used by 11.9% of residents, a little above the state figure.
11.9% ▲ +107.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Saddleworth has 4 bus stops and 6 routes, which is far above the South Australian average for stops per person. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, reflecting a lack of frequent service.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.28
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).
45.5
Higher than 62% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive to the city takes 73 minutes. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 19 minutes.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
73
Higher than 52% 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 Saddleworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41286/saddleworth/topic/transport