3.7% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seaview Downs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seaview Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 18-minute drive to the city makes Seaview Downs a very convenient spot for commuters. Most households rely on their own cars to get around, though the area has more public transport routes than the typical suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few people here go without a car, with only 3.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seaview Downs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.9% of residents. Only 9.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.7% ▲ +148.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 8 stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 80% of similar places. While weekly departures are much higher than most areas, the 80-minute trip to the city by transit is much longer than in most other areas.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.94
Higher than 69% 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).
554.8
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).
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).
41,084
Higher than 61% 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.
Residents are generally within a 7-minute walk of their nearest stop. This is around the middle for similar areas.
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Seaview Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41321/seaview-downs/topic/transport