3.1% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mitchell · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mitchell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 46% of workers in Mitchell work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work sits alongside a heavy reliance on cars, with very few households lacking a vehicle. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, it is rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.1% of homes in Mitchell have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least two cars, with 44.1% having exactly two and 13.9% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mitchell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 45.8%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. In contrast, those using public transport to get to work fell 10 points since 2016 to just 2.1%.
45.8% —
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% —
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
There are 996 public transport stops in the area, with 2,327.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the state average. The network is almost entirely bus-based, making up 97% of the available modes.
996
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.29
Higher than 71% of federal 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).
2,327.6
Higher than 90% of federal 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).
57
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 29 minutes by car. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop is usually around 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
29
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED129/mitchell/topic/transport