Second Valley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Second Valley

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 30% of working residents in Second Valley work from home, a figure far above the state average. This reliance on home-based work reflects the area's distance from major hubs, as it takes about 158 minutes to drive to the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle. About 75% of households own either one or two vehicles, while another 21% have three or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Second Valley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 29.5%, which is well above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, with the rest of the workforce primarily driving.

29.5%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 29.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Second Valley, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There is one bus route serving the area, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.

6.49

Higher than 83% 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).

90.9

Higher than 67% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 158 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.

158

Higher 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)).
  • 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 Second Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41323/second-valley/topic/transport