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.
Sherlock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sherlock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 42% of homes in Sherlock have four or more motor vehicles, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural area. While nearly 28% of the workforce now works from home, very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Sherlock has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households that have none. Most homes are heavily equipped, with 41.9% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sherlock, the largest group is 4 or more at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 27.9% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. In contrast, no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
27.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 4 bus stops and 2 routes, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
57.14
Higher 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).
342.9
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 81 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for its level. A walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
81
Higher than 57% 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).
More for Sherlock
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sherlock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41340/sherlock/topic/transport