2.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Remarkable · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Remarkable
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Mount Remarkable relies on a car to get around, with only 2.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership is paired with very limited public transport, meaning most residents depend on their own wheels or working from home to manage daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 37.3% of homes having two vehicles and 14.9% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen to 2.4%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Remarkable, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, while only 0.5% use public transport. This is well below the South Australian figure of 4.1%. Working from home is more common here than in most similar areas, at 16.7%.
16.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport is sparse, with only 8 stops and 6 routes available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,317, and the limited service consists entirely of buses.
8
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.80
Lower than 55% 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).
17.5
Lower than 64% 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).
6
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mount Remarkable [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44830/mount-remarkable/topic/transport