3.1% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Montmorency · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Montmorency
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Montmorency than in most similar areas, with 34.2% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. While the suburb has an extensive network of public transport routes, it remains a car-dependent area where very few homes get by without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households own at least one car, with 43.2% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Montmorency, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, sitting at 34.2%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Driving is still the most typical way to get to work, used by 44% of residents.
34.2% ▲ +840.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -73.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
Montmorency has some of the highest numbers of transport stops and routes for its size, and weekly departures are well above the state figure. Despite this, the transit time to the city is higher than most areas, taking 69 minutes.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.35
Higher than 71% 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).
1,650.7
Higher than 90% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
86,065
Higher than 76% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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 to the city by car is much faster than in most similar areas, with a typical drive time of 24 minutes. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Montmorency [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21735/montmorency/topic/transport