11.5% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seacombe Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seacombe Gardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Seacombe Gardens live without a car than in most similar areas, with 11.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This high rate of car-free living is supported by a strong public transport network that is larger than most other areas of its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is one vehicle per home, at 42.5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seacombe Gardens, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is a little above the South Australian average at 6.1%. Very few people work from home here, at just 7.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
7.4% ▲ +299.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -42.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 has 15 stops and 23 routes, making it one of the largest networks at this level. While bus services are frequent, the trip to the city is longer than most areas, taking about 67 minutes.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.45
Higher than 75% 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).
1,467.5
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).
23
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
31,381
Higher than 84% 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).
66,075
Higher than 71% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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 have quick access to transport, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Seacombe Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41313/seacombe-gardens/topic/transport