0.9% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Upper Sturt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Sturt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Upper Sturt have at least two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While the area has a high number of bus stops compared to other similar places, most residents still drive to work or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household here owns a car, with only 0.9% of homes having none. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Half of all homes have two vehicles, and about 11% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Upper Sturt, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 64.1% as the driver. Around 15.7% of residents work from home, which is well above the state average but well below the national figure of 21%.
15.7% ▲ +112.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Upper Sturt has 20 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is among the highest for its level and far above the state average. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
19.90
Higher than 92% 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).
549.3
Higher than 79% 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).
5
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 16 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Upper Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41494/upper-sturt/topic/transport