0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monteith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monteith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards remote work is the most striking change in Monteith, where nearly a quarter of the workforce now operates from home. The area is almost entirely dependent on private cars for travel, with no public transport available and a typical 51-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Monteith has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Many households are heavily equipped, with 29.7% owning three vehicles and 13.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monteith, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 2 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 24.1%, a figure far above the South Australian average. Because no one uses public transport to get to work, most residents either drive themselves or work from home.
24.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means access to services is far below the state average, with zero weekly departures 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city involves a drive time of 51 minutes, which is lower than the experience of residents in most similar areas.
51
Lower than 61% 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).
More for Monteith
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Monteith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40909/monteith/topic/transport