3.2% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Lofty · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Lofty
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twenty-five public transport stops serve Mount Lofty, a figure that is higher than about 90% of similar areas. While the area has a high number of stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute. Most residents rely on private cars to travel, often facing a long drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43.2% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Lofty, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 0.2% use public transport. This is a little below the national figure, and the 10.4% who work from home is far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.4% ▲ +143.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -74.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Mount Lofty has 6.54 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with all services being buses.
25
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.54
Higher than 84% 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).
406.8
Higher than 77% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The drive time to the city is 86 minutes, which is higher than most areas. It takes about 18 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
18
Higher 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Lofty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31984/mount-lofty/topic/transport