4.1% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Pleasant
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now use public transport in Mount Pleasant than in most similar areas, though car use remains the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transit stops, very few residents work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.6% have two. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Pleasant splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to work, with 72.6% of people acting as the driver. Only 6.1% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
6.1% ▲ +90.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -43.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Pleasant has 14 bus stops and 6 routes, which is more than 84% of similar areas. However, the 259.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.98
Higher than 69% 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).
259.9
Higher than 74% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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 to a transit stop is relatively easy here, with a typical walking time of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32014/mount-pleasant/topic/transport