Middleton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Middleton

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost no one in Middleton is without a car now, with the share of vehicle-free homes falling by 4.9 percentage points since 2011. This reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where nearly 66% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.

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📍 Middleton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, at just 0.9%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have two vehicles (44.8%) or one vehicle (37.1%).

0.9% ▼ -84.0%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Middleton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose to 12.4% since 2011, which is a little above the South Australian figure. In contrast, public transport use is almost non-existent at 0.0%, well below the 3.1% national average.

12.4% ▲ +204.3%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 12.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Middleton, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415028/middleton/topic/transport