2.8% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunlands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Sunlands rely on public transport to get around, with 80.3% of workers driving themselves to work. The area is heavily dependent on cars, though it has more transport stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas. Most homes here have multiple vehicles to manage the long distances to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Over half of all households own two or more vehicles, with 36.8% having exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, as 0.0% of people commute by public transport. This is well below the South Australian figure of 4.1%, and only 3.4% of workers operate from home, which is far below the national average.
3.4% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Sunlands has 5.62 stops per 1,000 people—a little above the state average—actual service is very low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, with only buses available.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.62
Higher than 80% 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).
11.2
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot or by transit is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 51 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 109-minute drive time to the city.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
109
Higher than 74% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Sunlands
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sunlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41405/sunlands/topic/transport