Windsor Gardens · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Windsor Gardens

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

Public transport access is among the highest for similar areas in Windsor Gardens, which helps explain why so many residents use it for their daily commute. While most people still drive to work, the area is well-connected with a high number of bus services. This makes getting around much easier than in many other parts of the state.

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📍 Windsor Gardens, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.5% of households in Windsor Gardens have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, but it is about the same as the state and national figures.

7.5% ▼ -32.7%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.1%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Windsor Gardens splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A high 9.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 4.1%. In contrast, only 9.5% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.

9.5% ▲ +237.1%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 9.5%

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

9.3% ▼ -6.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 9.3%

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 Windsor Gardens, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

The area is very well served with 48 stops and 14 bus routes, meaning there are far more stops per person than the state average. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, with 2,636.5 trips per 1,000 people.

8.24

Higher than 86% 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).

2,636.5

Higher than 95% 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).

22,587

Higher than 76% 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).

86,695

Higher than 76% 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).

52

Lower than 61% 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.

Getting to the city is quick, with a drive time of only 11 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

11

Lower than 94% 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 Windsor Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41616/windsor-gardens/topic/transport