3.0% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seacombe Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seacombe Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 16-minute drive to the city makes Seacombe Heights very well connected for commuters. While most residents rely on cars, the area has more public transport stops than most similar places. This creates a mix of quick road access and a strong local transit network.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.8% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seacombe Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.5% as the driver. About 10.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
10.5% ▲ +238.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
The area is well served by 4 bus routes and 7 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 75-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in other areas.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.52
Higher than 76% 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).
649.5
Higher than 81% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,703
Higher than 58% 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).
57,600
Higher than 68% 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).
75
Higher than 81% 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 fast, with a drive time of 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking about 5 minutes.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41314/seacombe-heights/topic/transport