5.5% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Unley Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Unley Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick six-minute drive to the city makes Unley Park one of the most accessible areas in the region. Most residents rely on cars, but the suburb also has exceptionally high public transport frequency and access compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes here have two motor vehicles, while 5.5% of households have none. This lack of a car is much more common here than in most similar areas, though it remains slightly lower than the South Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Unley Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for similar areas at 6.2%, which is well above the national figure. While 12.7% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian average.
12.7% ▲ +56.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Public transport is highly available with 11 stops and 10 routes, which is among the largest for this area level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state average, and the 39-minute transit time to the city is much lower than in most areas.
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.
7.95
Higher than 86% 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).
2,930.6
Higher than 97% 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).
10
Higher than 86% 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).
97,673
Higher than 78% 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).
39
Lower than 83% 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.
Getting around is easy, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop. The short distance to the city is reflected in the very low drive time of just six minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Unley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41491/unley-park/topic/transport