15.9% ▼ -49.7%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Menzies · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Menzies
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Menzies have just one motor vehicle. While car use is common, a surprising 10.9% of workers now use public transport, which is well above the national figure. This shift comes as the number of homes without any vehicle has fallen significantly since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5%. This is a big drop from 2011, when nearly a third of households had no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Menzies, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work has risen to 10.9%, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. Meanwhile, only 1.2% of people work from home, which is far below the rest of Australia.
1.2% ▼ -83.7%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.9% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means access to services is much lower than most other areas, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the state figure of 1,623.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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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/lga/LGA55390/menzies/topic/transport