1.9% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wattle Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wattle Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in Wattle Park drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. This is a well-connected area where most homes own multiple vehicles and the drive to the city is very short.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.8% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wattle Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 64.7% of people drive to work, 15.5% work from home, a figure well above the state average of 9.6%. Public transport use for commuting is low at 3.1%, which is about the same as the national figure.
15.5% ▲ +195.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
The area has strong infrastructure with 10 stops and 7 bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 814.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 79% 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).
814.9
Higher than 84% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,066
Higher than 73% 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).
75,484
Higher than 73% 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).
60
Higher than 56% 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.
Wattle Park is very convenient for travel, with a short 9-minute drive to the city. Residents can usually walk to their nearest transport stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Wattle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41551/wattle-park/topic/transport