7.0% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Peters · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Peters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer residents than most similar areas rely on cars to get around St Peters. This is a highly connected suburb where 14 public transport stops serve the small area, making it much easier to move around than in most other local spots.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 41.4% having two. About 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and about the same as the South Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Peters, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 4.9% of workers use public transport, which is among the highest for this level and slightly above the national figure. While 14.7% work from home, this is well above the South Australian average but well below the national figure.
14.7% ▲ +186.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 suburb has 10 public transport routes and 14 stops, providing access that is larger than about 84% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level and well above the state figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.33
Higher than 75% 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).
1,965.3
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,515
Higher than 65% 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).
70,195
Higher than 72% 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).
39
Lower than 83% 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 is very fast, with a drive time of just 6 minutes. The walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Peters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41375/st-peters/topic/transport