2.2% ▼ -42.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tennyson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Tennyson go without a car, with only 2.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This low number is well below the South Australian and national figures. While the area has a high number of transport stops, it remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 40% of homes owning two vehicles and 34.2% owning one. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tennyson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 14.7% work from home, a figure well above the South Australian average. Public transport use for commuting is 4.2%, which is a little above the national figure of 3.1%.
14.7% ▲ +204.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Tennyson has 14 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is far above the state average for stops per person. Despite this, weekly departures are far below the South Australian figure, and the 83-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for similar areas.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.31
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).
466.1
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
15,205
Lower than 54% 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).
83
Higher than 93% 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.
The area is very convenient for local access, with a typical 1-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also has a short 18-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41436/tennyson/topic/transport