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.
Watchman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Watchman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very little has changed in the way people travel in Watchman, as it remains a place with no public transport options. The area is almost entirely dependent on private vehicles, with residents facing a long 89-minute drive to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 40%, ahead of 4 or more (27%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Watchman, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 46%, followed by 4 or more (31%) and 2 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 50%, ahead of Worked at home (33%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Watchman. This puts the area far below the South Australian figure for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes 89 minutes by car, which is a longer drive time than in most similar areas.
89
Higher than 62% 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
- 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).
More for Watchman
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Watchman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41544/watchman/topic/transport