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.
Mount Rankin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Rankin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for every single home in Mount Rankin. This is a remote area where no households lack a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national figure. Most residents rely entirely on their own transport to manage the long distances to urban centres.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households that have none. Many residents have multiple cars, with 37.5% of homes owning two and 27.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Rankin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, making up 67.1% of trips. Those who work from home represent 19.6% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
19.6% ▲ +123.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of access is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting into the city is a significant journey, with drive times reaching 161 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
161
Higher than 92% 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)).
- 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 Rankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12797/mount-rankin/topic/transport