Ward Belt · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Ward Belt

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

Every single home in Ward Belt has at least one motor vehicle, making the area almost entirely dependent on cars. With no one using public transport to get to work and no local transit stops, residents rely heavily on private driving to move around the region.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with over half of all homes owning two or more vehicles. No households are without a car, which is well below the South Australian and national figures.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ward Belt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.3% of residents, while 12.2% work from home. No one in the area commutes using public transport, a figure well below the state and national averages.

12.2%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 12.2%

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

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.

How people get to work

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In Ward Belt, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes. This means the number of weekly departures and the number of people reachable by transit are far below South Australian levels.

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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).

9,545

Lower than 59% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 68 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 32 minutes.

68

Higher than 90% 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.

32

Lower than 72% 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 Ward Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41534/ward-belt/topic/transport