7.6% ▲ +139.5%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Enfield · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Enfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Enfield than in most similar areas. While most residents still rely on cars, 5.9% use public transit for their daily commute. The area has a high number of bus routes, though it has fewer stops per person than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.6% of households in Enfield have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen since 2011. Most homes own either one or two vehicles, with 38.5% having two and 37.4% having one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Enfield splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than across Australia, with only 8.5% of people doing so. Most residents drive to work, but the 5.9% who use public transport is a little above the national figure.
8.5% ▲ +185.4%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
Enfield has 50 bus routes, which is more than about 87% of similar areas. However, it has only 3.8 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.96.
167
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.80
Lower than 67% 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).
1,419.0
Higher than 67% 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).
50
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40013/enfield/topic/transport