0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Summertown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Summertown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Summertown has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for daily life. While the area has a high number of bus stops relative to its size, the lack of reachable destinations by transit makes private transport essential.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are universal here, with no homes without a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.7% owning two vehicles and 15.8% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Summertown, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.9% of residents. While 12.6% work from home—which is well above the South Australian figure—only 2.3% use public transport to commute.
12.6% ▲ +111.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -62.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Summertown has 11 bus stops and 2 routes, putting it among the highest for stops per person. However, these services don't connect to many people within 45 minutes, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.63
Higher than 90% 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).
764.6
Higher than 83% 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).
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 20 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. Residents typically face an 11-minute walk to reach the nearest transport stop.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Summertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41404/summertown/topic/transport