0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mitchells Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mitchells Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher public transport access than most similar areas defines Mitchells Island, although cars remain the primary way to get around. While there are many stops per person, the area has a very low percentage of people using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Mitchells Island has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 45.6% owning two vehicles and 20.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mitchells Island, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.7% of residents. Around 15.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure, and no one uses public transport to commute.
15.8% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 10.82 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, with all services provided by bus.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.82
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
54.1
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 16 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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 Mitchells Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12663/mitchells-island/topic/transport