Teringie · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Teringie

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost 63% of working residents in Teringie drive themselves to work. This reliance on cars is seen across the board, with very few homes lacking a motor vehicle. While the area is a short 13-minute drive to the city, it has almost no local public transport options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as only 1.3% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 43% owning exactly two and 13.2% owning four or more.

1.3% ▲ +19.6%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Teringie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, though 12.6% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure. A small number of residents use public transport to commute, at 3.6%, which is about the same as the national average.

12.6% ▲ +82.1%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 12.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

3.6% ▲ +40.6%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Teringie, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent in the area. There are no public transport stops or routes, and weekly departures are far below the state average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A short 13-minute drive gets residents to the city, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, it is a long walk to the nearest stop, taking 28 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

28

Higher than 65% 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.

13

Lower than 91% 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 Teringie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41438/teringie/topic/transport