35.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Urania · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Urania
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 35% of working residents in Urania now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This remote working trend dominates the local landscape, meaning very few people need to travel for their jobs. The area is sparsely populated and sits far from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 40%, ahead of 4 or more (40%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Urania splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 4 or more (40%), with 1 vehicle at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 35% of people doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
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.
While there are 2 bus stops and one route, the 90.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. This is despite the number of stops per person being among the highest for similar areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
45.45
Higher 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).
90.9
Higher than 67% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes much longer to reach the city from Urania than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 115 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
115
Higher than 78% 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)).
- 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 Urania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41496/urania/topic/transport