3.1% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mayo · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mayo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 63% of people in Mayo drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this sprawling area. Very few households get by without a vehicle, and the typical resident faces a long journey to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.1% of homes in Mayo have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 40.4% having two and 15.4% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mayo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 13% since 2016, a figure well above the state average. Meanwhile, only 1.6% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
13.0% —
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
While Mayo has 836 public transport stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure. Buses make up almost the entire network at 99%.
836
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.81
Higher than 53% 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).
489.9
Lower than 76% 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).
111
Higher than 87% 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.
Getting around is challenging, with a typical 50-minute drive to the city. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 82 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.
82
Higher than 99% 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.
50
Higher than 71% 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 Mayo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED408/mayo/topic/transport