3.0% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Black · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Black
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3% of homes in Black have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes it an area where car ownership is very common, though public transport access is actually better than in most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least two cars, with 44.2% having exactly two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, leaving Black with a much lower rate of car-less homes than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Black, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.1% of people. While 11% of the workforce now works from home, the number of people using public transport to commute is a little above the national figure.
11.0% ▲ +73.0%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 is relatively accessible here, with more stops and weekly departures per person than the South Australian average. Buses are the dominant mode of travel, making up 93% of the services.
200
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.63
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,542.6
Higher than 71% of state electorate 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).
15
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Black [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40003/black/topic/transport