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.
Mount George · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount George
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Mount George has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. While the area is only 18 minutes from the city, the lack of public transport use means most residents rely on their own wheels or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 45.2% of homes having two vehicles and 16.3% owning four or more. None of the households are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount George, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 22.6% of residents, a figure far above the South Australian average. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, which is well below the national rate of 3.1%.
22.6% ▲ +79.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
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: 5.3%
- 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 5 bus stops and one route, with 18.12 stops per 1,000 people being far above the state figure. However, weekly departures are much lower than most areas, and no one can reach another person via transit within 45 minutes.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.12
Higher than 91% 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).
326.1
Higher than 75% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The drive to the city is quite short at 18 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. In contrast, the 25-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other places.
25
Higher than 63% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Mount George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40948/mount-george/topic/transport