3.0% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Pleasant
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport frequency separates Mount Pleasant from the rest of the state, where weekly departures are far below the South Australian figure. This rural area relies heavily on cars, with only 3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. Most residents depend on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 67% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.5% of residents. While 11.5% work from home, this is well below the Australian average of 21%.
11.5% ▲ +59.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 9 public transport routes and 4 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.78
Higher than 73% 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).
87.9
Higher than 67% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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 to the nearest stop can take up to 30 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 55 minutes.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40960/mount-pleasant/topic/transport