9.7% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seaton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seaton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Seaton than in most other similar areas. This is a well-connected spot where 9.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure of 7.4%. High levels of public transport access help residents get around without relying on their own cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41.7% of homes have one vehicle and 33.3% have two. The 9.7% of households without a car is much higher than most areas, sitting a little above the South Australian average of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seaton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The 7.3% of people working from home is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most people drive to work (66.9%), while 4.6% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size.
7.3% ▲ +265.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 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.
Seaton has 50 public transport stops and 14 different routes, among the largest totals for its level. This means 118,442 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, and the 1,320.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas.
50
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.60
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).
1,320.5
Higher than 88% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,000
Higher than 77% 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).
118,442
Higher than 83% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 quick, with a 13-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. Access to transit is also excellent, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest in the region.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Seaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41320/seaton/topic/transport