11.2% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sturt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sturt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 63% of workers in Sturt drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While most households own vehicles, 11.2% have none, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This high number of car-free homes is consistent with the area's strong public transport access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A typical home here has one or two vehicles, though 11.2% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is among the highest proportions for an area at this level and sits well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sturt, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is a little above the national figure at 5.3%. Meanwhile, only 8.5% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.5% ▲ +341.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -45.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
Sturt has an extensive network with 23 routes and 19 stops, a count that is larger than about 88% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though all services are bus-based.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.82
Higher than 85% 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).
2,742.0
Higher than 96% 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).
23
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,190
Higher than 69% 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).
67,156
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).
67
Higher than 69% 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 quick, with a drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 6 minutes.
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.
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 Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41401/sturt/topic/transport