1.2% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sheidow Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sheidow Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Sheidow Park than across the state, with only 1.2% of households without a motor vehicle. Most residents rely on their own transport, though the area provides a high number of public transport options compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 46.6% of homes have two vehicles and 15.9% have three. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sheidow Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 67.9% as the driver. Only 9.1% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.1% ▲ +284.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 is well served by public transport, with 33 stops and 5 routes, which is larger than about 88% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at 1,478.1, though the trip to the city takes a long time at 82 minutes.
33
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.
4.90
Higher than 77% 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).
1,478.1
Higher than 89% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,211
Higher than 59% 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).
33,106
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).
82
Higher than 91% 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.
It is a quick 1 minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. Driving to the city takes 22 minutes, also much lower than most similar places.
1
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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Sheidow Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41338/sheidow-park/topic/transport