4.8% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mitcham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mitcham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of workers in Mitcham drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While car use is high, the area has a very strong public transport network with 11 stops, which is more than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one vehicle, with 41.4% having two. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mitcham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 4.0%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Working from home is less common here than in other similar areas, with 13.5% of people doing so.
13.5% ▲ +154.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport access is strong, with 6 stops per 1,000 people and two different routes, both of which are figures higher than most areas. All available public transport is provided by buses.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.00
Higher than 82% 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).
1,384.8
Higher than 88% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
16,506
Lower than 53% 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).
60
Higher than 56% 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.
The area is very close to the city, with a drive time of only 10 minutes, which is among the lowest for its level. It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest stop.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40891/mitcham/topic/transport