3.3% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Montrose · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Montrose
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars dominate daily life in Montrose, where only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on driving for most of its trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.2% having two and 12.9% owning four or more. This high level of vehicle ownership is consistent with only 3.3% of homes having no car at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Montrose, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.8% of the workforce doing so, which is a little above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.8%.
22.8% ▲ +362.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -67.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Montrose has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most areas. While there are 39 stops and 16 routes, all services are provided by buses.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
Higher than 80% 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).
1,139.1
Higher than 87% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,943
Higher than 54% 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).
28,730
Higher than 55% 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.
The area is well-connected for a suburb, with a short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also takes less time to drive to the city (35 minutes) than in most similar areas.
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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Montrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21736/montrose/topic/transport