0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Michelago · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Michelago
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for almost every home in Michelago, where not a single household is without a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is reflected in the way people travel for work and the limited use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 45.8% owning two and 27.1% owning three. This means the proportion of households without a vehicle is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Michelago, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 68.7% of residents. Only 12.5% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
12.5% ▲ +51.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While the area has 4 bus routes and 2 stops, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average. No one in the area uses public transport to commute to work.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.12
Higher than 70% 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).
31.2
Higher than 61% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Reaching public transport is difficult for many, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 49 minutes. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.
49
Higher than 79% 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).
More for Michelago
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Michelago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12609/michelago/topic/transport