6.8% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Brighton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Strong public transport connections set South Brighton apart from most similar areas. While 6.6% of workers use transit to get to work—well above the national figure—the area remains highly accessible for drivers with a short 17-minute trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 6.8% of South Brighton homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Brighton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level, while 12.9% of people work from home. This home-working rate is well above the South Australian figure but well below the national average.
12.9% ▲ +329.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.6% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 10 stops and 9 different routes, which is among the largest for this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, though the transit time to the city is higher than usual at 62 minutes.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.62
Higher than 72% 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).
1,115.5
Higher than 87% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
31,381
Higher than 84% 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).
100,942
Higher than 79% 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).
62
Higher than 60% 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 around is convenient for residents, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop and a drive time to the city that is much lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 South Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41353/south-brighton/topic/transport