Adelaide River · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Adelaide River

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

More homes in Adelaide River (L) lack a car than in most similar areas. While 11.4% of households have no motor vehicle, the vast majority of residents rely on cars or walking to get around the region.

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📍 Adelaide River, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The proportion of homes without a car rose to 11.4% since 2011, a figure well above the national average. Most households here have either one or two vehicles, with 39.2% owning just one.

11.4% ▲ +48.1%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 11.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Adelaide River, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, and only 5.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Instead, driving and walking are equally common, with 29.2% of workers doing each.

5.6% ▼ -37.5%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 5.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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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Adelaide River splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (38%) and Walked (38%), with Car (passenger) at 9%.

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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722001/adelaide-river/topic/transport