6.4% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mawson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mawson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 13-minute drive to the city makes Mawson a very accessible place to live. While most residents rely on cars, the area has strong public transport links with 17 stops and three different routes serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 44% of homes have one vehicle and 36% have two. Only 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mawson, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 5.2% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size. Only 9.1% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
9.1% ▲ +233.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 primarily bus-based, with 4.94 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high number of stops supports the fact that 11,061 people can be reached within 30 minutes using transit.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.94
Higher than 77% 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).
785.8
Higher than 84% 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).
11,061
Higher than 60% 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).
38,807
Higher than 60% 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).
49
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 4 minutes. The drive time to the city is 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Mawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80092/mawson/topic/transport