1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Nathan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Nathan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 65% of working residents in Mount Nathan drive to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a car-dependent area where very few homes lack a vehicle and public transport options are almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with only 1.2% of households owning none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most residents own multiple vehicles, as 41.1% have two and 19.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Nathan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 14.4% of residents, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. Only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below the national average.
14.4% ▲ +81.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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 into the city takes about 50 minutes by car, which is lower than most similar areas.
50
Lower than 62% 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 Nathan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32007/mount-nathan/topic/transport