0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melinga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melinga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 62-minute walk to the nearest transport stop defines the isolated nature of Melinga. This rural area relies almost entirely on private cars, as there are no public transport stops or routes available for residents. While most homes have multiple vehicles, the total lack of transit options means almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and about 36% of households keep two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melinga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.2% of people being car drivers. Very few people work from home at 8.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 non-existent in Melinga, with zero stops and zero routes. This puts the area far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The lack of local infrastructure means the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 62 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
62
Higher 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.
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 Melinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12570/melinga/topic/transport