32.1% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Prospect
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of workers in Mount Prospect work from home, reflecting a lifestyle largely independent of daily commuting. With no public transport available, residents rely almost entirely on private cars or home-based work to stay connected.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 26%, ahead of 3 vehicles (26%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Prospect splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (29%), with 4 or more at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 32.1% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, which is well below the Australian average.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the community far below Victoria's average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The typical drive to the city takes 72 minutes.
43
Higher than 75% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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).
More for Mount Prospect
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mount Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/transport