0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Zero homes in Mount Pleasant are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on private transport for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 75% owning two or more vehicles. This high level of ownership explains why no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.8% of residents doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. For those who do travel, most drive themselves, though 3.9% use public transport, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
22.8% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▲ —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with no stops or routes available. This is far below the Queensland average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
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).
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 typical drive time to the city is 47 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32015/mount-pleasant/topic/transport