Mons · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mons

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single household in Mons owns a car, a figure well below the state and national levels for those without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people move, with the vast majority driving to work or working from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with no homes lacking a motor vehicle. Most households own multiple cars, and 88.9% of homes have two or more vehicles.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mons, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 22.4% of residents, which is well above the Queensland figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

22.4% ▲ +90.2%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 22.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Mons, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.

1.70

Higher than 64% 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).

106.0

Higher than 69% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes. It takes around 65 minutes to drive from the area to the city.

8

Lower than 57% 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.

65

Lower 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 Mons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31883/mons/topic/transport