13.3% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smithfield Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smithfield Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is high in Smithfield Plains, though many households lack their own transport. While 13.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Residents generally depend on road travel, with very few people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but a high proportion of households live without one. At 13.3%, the share of homes with no vehicle is well above both the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smithfield Plains, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.4% of people being the car driver. Very few people work from home at 3.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
3.7% ▲ —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 13 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is among the largest for similar areas. While 2.8% of people commute by public transport, the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas at 81 minutes.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.93
Higher than 73% 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).
1,260.5
Higher than 88% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,313
Higher than 72% 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).
44,806
Higher than 62% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
Getting to the city by car takes about 30 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is very quick, taking only 1 minute.
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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Smithfield Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41347/smithfield-plains/topic/transport