11.3% ▲ +66.5%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Giles · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Giles
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in Giles drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While many homes have multiple cars, the area has seen a rise in households without any motor vehicle. This shift is notable as 11.3% of homes now lack a car, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.3% of homes in Giles have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011. Most other households own one or two vehicles, while 6.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Giles splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 2.9% doing so. While most people drive, 2.2% use public transport to get to work, which is a small increase since 2011.
2.9% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ +369.9%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Giles has 6.64 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian figure. However, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
241
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.64
Higher than 87% 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).
411.5
Lower than 74% 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).
18
Lower than 72% 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 Giles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40019/giles/topic/transport