Woodville North · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodville North

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

A higher number of households now live without a car in Woodville North compared to previous years. It is a well-connected area where 11.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This shift aligns with the suburb's strong access to public transport options.

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📍 Woodville North, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 11.1% of homes here do not have a motor vehicle, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is having a single vehicle, at 37.8%.

11.1% ▼ -34.0%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 12.4%
  • 2021: 11.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Woodville North splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with No vehicle at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is used by 5.6% of workers, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, working from home is very uncommon here, at just 4.6%, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.

4.6% ▲ +74.0%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 4.6%

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

5.6% ▼ -17.8%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 5.6%

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 Woodville North, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Public transport access

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

The area is well-served with 11 stops and 12 routes, putting it among the largest for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the South Australian figure, and the 100% bus-based system helps 19,269 people stay reachable within 30 minutes.

4.04

Higher than 74% 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).

1,653.1

Higher than 90% 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).

19,269

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).

78,476

Higher than 74% 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).

54

Lower than 57% 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 fast, with a drive time of 12 minutes that is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transit stop typically takes around 7 minutes.

7

Lower than 61% 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.

12

Lower than 92% 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 Woodville North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41645/woodville-north/topic/transport