Manjimup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Manjimup

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

About 70% of working residents in Manjimup drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and the area has very limited public transport options compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Manjimup, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles (36.1%) or one vehicle (34.3%). Only 6.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a small drop from 2011.

6.0% ▼ -19.5%

Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Manjimup splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.7%), a figure well below the Western Australian average of 4.7%. Working from home is also uncommon at 5.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

5.5% ▲ +22.8%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.7% ▼ -22.5%

Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Manjimup, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only 3 routes and 1 stop in the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, with all services being buses.

1

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

0.18

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

4.4

Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transport stop can take a long time, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking 63 minutes, among the highest for similar areas.

63

Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

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 Manjimup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501031019/manjimup/topic/transport