0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yatala Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yatala Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Yatala Vale has at least one motor vehicle, a stark contrast to the 7.4% of Australian households without one. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the distance to the city. While public transport options exist, the area remains heavily car-dependent for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 62.5% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not one household in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yatala Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 73.2% as the primary driver. The 7.3% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%, while those using public transport for work sit at 4.1%.
7.3% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Public transport options are primarily buses, with 7.69 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian figure. However, the 77-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.69
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).
1,669.2
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
16,276
Lower than 54% 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).
77
Higher than 84% 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.
A drive to the city typically takes 27 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents usually walk about 13 minutes to reach their nearest transport stop.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Yatala Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41680/yatala-vale/topic/transport