Sellicks Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Sellicks Hill

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

Every single home in Sellicks Hill now owns a motor vehicle, highlighting a total reliance on cars for this rural area. This shift makes the community far more car-dependent than the national average. The area is largely isolated from public transport, with residents facing long travel times to reach the city.

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📍 Sellicks Hill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 69.4% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This is a stark contrast to the national figure, as 0% of local households are without a vehicle.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Sellicks Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common, with 22.2% of people doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure. Other workers rely almost entirely on cars, as 0% of the workforce uses public transport.

22.2% ▼ -9.0%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.4%
  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 22.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 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 Sellicks Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This puts the local level of service far below the state average.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 86 minutes. Those without a car face a significant challenge, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 36 minutes.

36

Higher than 71% 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.

86

Higher than 60% 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 Sellicks Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41328/sellicks-hill/topic/transport