6.8% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monarto · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monarto
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every resident in Monarto relies on a private car to get around. While there are more public transport stops here than in many similar areas, the lack of frequent services means nearly no one uses them to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 64.8% owning two or three vehicles. Only 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure about the same as the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monarto, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the only way people here get to work, as 0.0% use public transport. Working from home is also uncommon at 9.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.9% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 2 stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.85
Higher than 87% 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).
118.2
Higher than 71% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 45 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to a transit stop is much harder than in most areas, with a typical walk taking 59 minutes.
59
Higher than 85% 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.
45
Lower than 65% 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)).
- 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 Monarto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40902/monarto/topic/transport