0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Compass · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Compass
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people have access to public transport routes in Mount Compass than in most similar areas, yet car reliance remains absolute. Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is a much lower rate of carless households than the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal, with no homes lacking a motor vehicle. Most households have two or three cars, and 10.5% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Compass, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.1% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.4%), and the 9.2% who work from home is far below the national figure.
9.2% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 3 bus routes and 2 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people 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.
1.27
Higher than 62% 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).
39.2
Higher than 62% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 43 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most similar areas. In contrast, the 23-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most comparable places.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
43
Lower than 66% 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 Mount Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40941/mount-compass/topic/transport