1.7% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monash · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monash
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Monash relies on a car for daily life, with just 1.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This dependence is starkly visible in the commute, where zero people use public transport to get to work. It is a place where private transport is essential for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 40% owning two and 21.4% owning three. Only 1.7% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monash, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 76.9% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 7.7%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
7.7% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of access is far below the South Australian average of 4.96 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40904/monash/topic/transport