15.0% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mitchell Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mitchell Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Mitchell Park than in most similar areas, with 15% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Public transport is a key part of life here, which helps explain why so many residents choose it for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 45.3% of households have one vehicle and 29.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mitchell Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the Australian average at 8.6%. Meanwhile, only 8.1% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.1% ▲ +272.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.6% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 26 public transport stops, which is more than about 91% of similar areas. While there are 25 different routes available, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
26
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.52
Higher than 76% 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).
1,018.2
Higher than 86% 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).
25
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,516
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).
80,110
Higher than 74% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 fast, with a drive time of 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Most residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Mitchell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40893/mitchell-park/topic/transport