0.6% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Cotton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Cotton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Mount Cotton owns a car, making it a highly vehicle-dependent area. Only 0.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 52.5% owning two and 20.4% owning three. This high level of ownership is consistent with the fact that very few households are without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Cotton, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 3 vehicles is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.5% of residents. While 17.1% work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure, only 0.8% use public transport to commute.
17.1% ▲ +280.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -68.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, with 12 stops available. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
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.
1.64
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).
131.1
Higher than 72% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 drive to the city takes 29 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. In contrast, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 34 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31952/mount-cotton/topic/transport