0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mitre · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mitre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Mitre has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for daily life. While some public transport exists, the area is defined by high rates of people working from home and a lack of commuters using buses or trains.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here are heavily equipped for driving, with 64.2% owning three or more vehicles. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mitre splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%), with 2 vehicles at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 26.2% of workers doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
26.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
The area has 15.15 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, with only bus services available.
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.
15.15
Higher than 90% 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).
151.5
Higher than 72% 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.
It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mitre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21710/mitre/topic/transport