Mount St John · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mount St John

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Few areas have the level of public transport infrastructure seen in Mount St John, though residents still rely heavily on cars. While the area has far more transport stops and departures than the state average, almost no one uses these services to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Mount St John has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. About 20% of households own four or more vehicles.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mount St John, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the main way to get to work for 53% of people, while 16.7% cycle and 12.1% walk. Only 4.5% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average.

4.5%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Mount St John, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Bicycle is next at 19%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 19.42 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. Weekly bus departures are also among the highest for similar areas, with 2,038.8 per 1,000 people.

19.42

Higher than 92% 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).

2,038.8

Higher than 92% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Despite the number of stops available, it takes a typical resident 28 minutes to walk to the nearest one, which is higher than most areas.

28

Higher than 65% 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 St John [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32021/mount-st-john/topic/transport