9.1% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Minto · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Minto
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 90,000 people can reach Minto within 45 minutes by public transport, making it a highly accessible hub. While many residents still rely on cars, the area has a strong transport network with a high number of services and stops. This connectivity is a key feature of the suburb's layout.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own either one or two cars, with 38.3% and 36.2% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Minto splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for this area type at 5.8%, well above the New South Wales figure. Working from home is also common here, with 22.2% of residents doing so.
22.2% ▲ +1461.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.8% ▼ -62.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
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.
Minto has a huge amount of infrastructure, with 84 stops and 13 routes, which is among the largest for its size. This helps explain why weekly departures are well above the state average, though the 85-minute trip to the city is among the longest.
84
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.03
Higher than 82% 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).
1,815.1
Higher than 91% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
38,055
Higher than 86% 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).
90,911
Higher than 77% 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).
85
Higher than 96% 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 nearest transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk time of just one minute. This is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
38
Lower than 69% 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 Minto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12653/minto/topic/transport