10.8% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Hindmarsh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Hindmarsh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 7 minutes of driving time to the city makes West Hindmarsh one of the most accessible areas in the region. This closeness is mirrored by a high number of residents who choose to live without a car. Public transport is a key feature here, with many more people using it to get to work compared to the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 10.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households have one or two cars, while 3.9% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Hindmarsh splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with No vehicle at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 6.5% of workers, which is well above the Australian average of 3.1%. Conversely, those working from home make up 8.8% of the workforce, a figure far below the national level of 21%.
8.8% ▲ +195.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
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.
West Hindmarsh has 9 public transport routes and a high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people. This strong bus network allows 103,558 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit, which is more than 81% of similar areas.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.21
Higher than 70% 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).
1,489.7
Higher than 89% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
35,437
Higher than 86% 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).
103,558
Higher than 79% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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.
Residents enjoy very quick access to transport, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes. This is much lower than most other 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 West Hindmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41567/west-hindmarsh/topic/transport