3.2% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Menai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Menai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 37.4% of the workforce in Menai work from home, which is far above the national figure. This reliance on home-based work and private cars is common here, with very few people using public transport to commute. While the area has many bus stops, getting into the city takes a long time.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, as only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, with nearly 46% of households owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Menai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.0%. This is a little below the national figure, while those working from home are far more common than in most other areas.
37.4% ▲ +1180.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -80.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area has 55 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is among the largest for its size. However, the 81-minute trip to the city is much higher than in most areas, and the service relies entirely on buses.
55
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.28
Higher than 79% 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).
1,434.9
Higher than 89% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
31,481
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
81
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car takes 28 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Local access is also good, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Menai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12578/menai/topic/transport