1.6% ▼ -45.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Riverview · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Riverview
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Mount Riverview than in most similar areas, with 39.1% of the workforce doing so. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored in the high rate of car ownership, as only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 48% of homes owning two vehicles. This helps explain why the share of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Riverview, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend for 39.1% of residents, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.1%.
39.1% ▲ +1061.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -81.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 15 public transport stops, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
Higher than 77% 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).
492.8
Higher than 78% 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).
18,993
Higher than 73% 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).
18,993
Lower than 52% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 48 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12799/mount-riverview/topic/transport