4.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Clair · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Clair
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Short travel times and frequent services make St Clair a highly connected hub. The area is exceptionally well-served by transit, with 11 different routes and a drive time to the city of just 12 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, but still a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Clair, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level at 7.7%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, 10.6% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.7% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
Transit access is a major strength here, with 1,828 weekly departures per 1,000 people, well above the state figure of 1,317. The area has 12 stops—more than 83% of similar areas—and a city transit time of 47 minutes, which is lower than most places.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Higher than 76% 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).
1,828.0
Higher than 91% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,269
Higher than 73% 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).
62,049
Higher than 70% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 St Clair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41367/st-clair/topic/transport