0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Montacute · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Montacute
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all homes in Montacute have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. This is a car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one vehicle, making it much more reliant on driving than the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in the area is without a car, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households have multiple cars, with 21.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Montacute, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 4 or more (20%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71% of people as the driver. While 15.5% of residents work from home—well above the South Australian average—no one uses public transport to commute.
15.5% ▲ +69.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
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: 1.7%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of stops is far below the state figure.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 27 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is among the highest at this level, taking 79 minutes.
79
Higher than 96% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Montacute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40907/montacute/topic/transport