0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mepunga East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mepunga East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a motor vehicle is a striking feature of Mepunga East, where cars are essential for daily life. This sparsely populated area relies almost entirely on private transport to get around, with no public transport available locally.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. About 32% of households own two vehicles, and another 18.2% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mepunga East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 4 or more (27%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 51.4% of residents. Working from home is also common at 22.9%, which is a little above the Australian figure, while 8.6% of people walk to their jobs.
22.9% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the local access far below the Victorian average, with zero weekly departures 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge, with a typical walk taking 74 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
74
Higher than 93% 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 Mepunga East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21651/mepunga-east/topic/transport