0.9% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stonyfell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stonyfell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Stonyfell have two motor vehicles, making car ownership the dominant way people move. While most residents rely on driving, the area is much closer to the city center than many other suburbs. This combination of high vehicle use and proximity to the city shapes how people commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with only 0.9% of households owning no vehicle. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stonyfell, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.6% of residents. Around 17.5% of people work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%.
17.5% ▲ +299.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 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.
Public transport consists entirely of buses, with three stops and two routes serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than most similar areas, the total number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.37
Higher than 67% 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).
497.6
Higher than 78% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,066
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).
19,066
Lower than 52% 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).
64
Higher than 64% 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.
It takes only 10 minutes to drive to the city, which is among the lowest times for this level. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Stonyfell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41393/stonyfell/topic/transport