3.8% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seaford Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seaford Meadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than about 87% of similar areas define Seaford Meadows. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a high number of transport routes and a larger-than-average amount of people reachable by transit within 30 minutes. This creates a mix of strong local accessibility and a longer journey to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.2% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seaford Meadows, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65% as the driver. Only 9.4% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.4% ▲ +340.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▲ +73.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 has 18 public transport stops and 13 routes, which is among the largest for its level. However, the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas, taking 80 minutes.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.53
Higher than 72% 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).
563.1
Higher than 79% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,177
Higher than 66% 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).
34,702
Higher than 58% 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).
80
Higher than 89% 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.
A 30-minute drive to the city is lower than most areas. For those on foot, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41317/seaford-meadows/topic/transport