2.3% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Montefiores · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Montefiores
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better vehicle ownership rates than most similar areas mark Montefiores, where only 2.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is far below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and about 17% have three or more. Very few households get by without a car, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Montefiores, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.7% of people as the driver. Public transport use is non-existent here, and the 6.7% of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.7% ▲ +421.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Bus services are the only option here, as there are no trains or ferries. While the area has more stops and routes than many similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.59
Higher than 64% 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).
31.7
Higher than 61% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 17 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
17
Higher than 56% 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).
More for Montefiores
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Montefiores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12696/montefiores/topic/transport