3.2% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stirling
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Stirling than in most similar areas. While it is a high-vehicle area where only 3.2% of homes have no car, it also has a surprisingly strong network of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 43% having two vehicles and 15% having three. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stirling, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 20.6% of the workforce, a figure far above the state average. For those who do travel, 56.3% drive as the sole occupant, while 3.5% use public transport.
20.6% ▲ +182.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -42.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 with 34 stops and 19 routes, giving it one of the highest numbers of stops per person in the state. Despite this, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is small compared to half of all similar areas.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.09
Higher than 88% 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).
1,490.4
Higher than 89% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 relatively quick, with a drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. Residents also live close to transport, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41384/stirling/topic/transport