6.4% ▼ -52.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Saint Thomas · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Saint Thomas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of people working from home defines daily life in Mount Saint Thomas, where 30.4% of workers avoid a daily commute. While most residents rely on cars, the area is very well served by local transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.2% owning two vehicles. However, 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Saint Thomas splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.4% of residents doing so—a figure well above the Australian average of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.2%.
30.4% ▲ +1265.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -44.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 14 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar places. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far above the New South Wales figure, the number of weekly departures is well below the state average.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.66
Higher than 87% 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).
919.3
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 to a transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 65 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
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.
65
Lower than 53% 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 Saint Thomas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12802/mount-saint-thomas/topic/transport