Menangle Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Menangle Park

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

Over half of workers in Menangle Park rely on driving themselves to get to work. This is a car-dependent area where most homes own multiple vehicles, though a surprising 27.5% of the workforce now works from home.

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📍 Menangle Park, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, with 36.2% owning two and 15.9% owning four or more. Around 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

8.7% ▲ +63.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Menangle Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. Instead, 56% of residents drive themselves and 27.5% work from home, which is well above the Australian figure.

27.5% ▲ +130.3%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 17.6%
  • 2021: 27.5%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Menangle Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

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

There are 11 public transport stops and 2 routes serving the area, meaning there are 49.11 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the New South Wales figure, yet no one is reachable within 45 minutes by transit.

49.11

Higher 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).

2,397.3

Higher than 94% 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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 42 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most areas. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest transport stop, typically taking around 6 minutes.

6

Lower than 64% 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.

42

Lower than 66% 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 Menangle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12580/menangle-park/topic/transport