8.7% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mangerton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mangerton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward flexible work is the biggest story in Mangerton, where 32.4% of residents now work from home. This is far above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas. While public transport options are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have two motor vehicles, and 15% have three. Around 8.7% of households have no car, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mangerton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 44.9% of people, though 32.4% work from home, which is far above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.8%.
32.4% ▲ +709.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -83.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Mangerton has 17 stops and 2 routes, giving it much better access to stops per person than most areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
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.
5.94
Higher than 81% 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).
472.7
Higher than 78% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 65 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
65
Lower than 53% 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 Mangerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12478/mangerton/topic/transport