0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Younghusband · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Younghusband
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance has remained absolute in Younghusband, where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. This total dependence on driving is clear in a place where the typical trip to the city takes 87 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Younghusband is without a car, a figure well below the South Australian average of 7.2%. Most households have one or two vehicles, though 15.7% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Younghusband splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.8% of residents, while 15.3% work from home. This work-from-home rate is well above the state figure, though well below the national average.
15.3% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While the area has more stops per person than the state average, it is far below South Australia for weekly departures. The only available public transport is the bus, but no one uses it to commute to work.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.47
Higher than 91% 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).
17.5
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult here, with the walk to the nearest stop taking 81 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for similar areas.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
87
Higher than 61% 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)).
- 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 Younghusband [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41690/younghusband/topic/transport