7.1% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Pleasant
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas share the same transport profile as Mount Pleasant, where public transport infrastructure is surprisingly high for its size. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a much higher number of transit stops and routes than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 43% of homes have one motor vehicle, and about 7% of households have none. This lack of a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 58.9% as the driver. Working from home is common for 16.9% of the workforce, which is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
16.9% ▲ +479.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -82.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 12 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 613.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.39
Higher than 79% 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).
613.5
Higher than 80% 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 a typical resident 74 minutes to drive to the city. In contrast, the walk to the nearest transport stop is just one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
74
Higher 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21807/mount-pleasant/topic/transport