0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monarto South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monarto South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of workers in Monarto South drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars in this rural area. While public transport infrastructure exists, almost every household owns a motor vehicle. This creates a transport landscape where personal vehicles are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Monarto South has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households without one. Most residents are heavily equipped, with 83.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monarto South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 21.6% of people doing so—a figure far above the South Australian average of 9.6%. Conversely, nobody uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure.
21.6% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
There are 13.16 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, service is infrequent, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the South Australian figure.
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.
13.16
Higher than 89% 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).
565.8
Higher than 80% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Despite this, the walk to the nearest stop takes 77 minutes, among the highest times for this level.
77
Higher than 95% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40903/monarto-south/topic/transport