5.6% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Menzies · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Menzies
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of workers in Menzies now work from home, a huge jump that makes it far more likely than most areas. This preference for remote work sits alongside a strong reliance on cars and a public transport network dominated by buses. The area is well connected, with a shorter drive time to the city than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.5% owning two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Menzies, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 32.9%, which is far above the Australian figure. This rose 26 points since 2016, while those using public transport to get to work stayed about the same as the national rate at 3.1%.
32.9% —
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% —
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 access is much higher than most areas, with 2,161.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian figure. Bus services make up almost the entire network, accounting for 99% of the modes available.
875
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.06
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,161.8
Higher than 88% of federal electorate 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).
64
Higher than 61% of federal electorate 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 23 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 59% of federal electorate 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.
23
Lower than 62% of federal electorate 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 Menzies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED234/menzies/topic/transport