4.3% ▼ -48.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lower Mitcham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lower Mitcham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher proportion of people use public transport to get to work in Lower Mitcham than in most similar areas. While nearly 15% of workers stay at home, the area remains very well connected to the city with a short drive time of just 9 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42.7% having two vehicles. Only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lower Mitcham, 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.
Public transport is used by 4.8% of workers, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and a little above the national average. About 14.7% work from home, which is well above the state average but well below the national figure.
14.7% ▲ +227.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
The area has 9 public transport routes and 5 stops, which is larger than about 77% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas, though far below the state figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.29
Higher than 66% 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).
508.5
Higher than 78% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,506
Higher than 70% 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).
58,473
Higher than 68% 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).
46
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is very efficient, with a drive time of 9 minutes being among the lowest at this level. A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Lower Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40788/lower-mitcham/topic/transport