1.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seaford Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seaford Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.0% of homes in Seaford Heights lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area heavily dependent on cars for daily travel. While most residents drive, a small number use the local bus services to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 55.4% of households owning two vehicles. Very few people get by without a car, which is much lower than the 7.4% seen across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seaford Heights, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 8.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. A small group of 3.2% use public transport, which is about the same as the state average.
8.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 4 public transport routes and 2 stops, though these are all buses. Despite having more routes than many similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.85
Higher than 65% 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).
268.8
Higher than 74% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes about 31 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, putting the area around the middle for its level.
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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Seaford Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41316/seaford-heights/topic/transport