2.9% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Davenport · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Davenport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Davenport than in the rest of the state, with only 2.9% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is balanced by a public transport network that is much more extensive than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 43.4% owning two and 15.5% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen to 2.9%, a figure well below the South Australian average of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Davenport, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.8% of residents. While 10.1% now work from home—an increase of 5.7 points since 2011—this is still far below the national figure of 21%.
10.1% ▲ +132.0%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 access is a standout feature, with 2,040 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. The area has 51 different routes and 232 stops, almost all of which are bus services.
232
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.36
Higher than 85% 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).
2,040.0
Higher than 86% 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).
51
Higher than 86% 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 Davenport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40009/davenport/topic/transport