37.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Thornlea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thornlea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 38% of working residents in Thornlea work from home, a figure that far exceeds the national average. This reflects a local lifestyle where very few people rely on traditional commutes, as the area has no public transport services for workers.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 47%, ahead of 3 vehicles (24%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thornlea, 2 vehicles is the majority at 67%; 3 vehicles is next at 33%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 37.9% of people doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. Very few people commute by public transport, and the 0.0% rate is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Thornlea, leaving it far below the South Australian average for service access. With zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, the area lacks any formal transit infrastructure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Thornlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41448/thornlea/topic/transport