7.4% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Lewis · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Lewis
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 20-minute drive to the city makes Mount Lewis very accessible, though few people use public transport to get there. While most homes rely on cars, 30.3% of the workforce now works from home, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, 33.5% of households have two vehicles and 14.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Lewis splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 4 or more at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 30.3% of people doing so. Only 2.0% of workers use public transport to commute, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the 3.1% national figure.
30.3% ▲ +1683.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -77.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Public transport is mainly based on buses, with 8 stops and 3 routes serving the area. While there are 6.48 stops per 1,000 people—a little above the New South Wales figure—the 84-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for similar areas.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.48
Higher than 83% 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).
885.7
Higher than 85% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
45,034
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
147,798
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
84
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy for residents, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
20
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12785/mount-lewis/topic/transport