7.5% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Gambier · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Gambier
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 75% of workers in Mount Gambier drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a fair number of bus stops, very few people use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most areas, although the figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Gambier splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is rarely used for commuting, with only 0.3% of workers using it. Similarly, only 3.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
3.7% ▲ +53.0%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Mount Gambier has 123 bus stops across 12 routes, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than most areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian average.
123
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.58
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
223.9
Higher than 62% of council (lga) 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).
12
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can get to their nearest public transport stop in about 3 minutes, which is faster than in most other similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% of council (lga) 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.
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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44620/mount-gambier/topic/transport