0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mepunga West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mepunga West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Mepunga West has at least one motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This is a car-dependent area where the vast majority of residents rely on their own transport for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well equipped for travel, with 73.1% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This stands in stark contrast to the state and national figures, where about 7% of homes have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mepunga West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (27%), with 4 or more at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get to work for 71.7% of residents. Around 21.7% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
21.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes or stops available. This is far below the Victorian average and means there are no weekly departures for residents.
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 significant challenge, with a typical walk of 57 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
57
Higher than 83% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21652/mepunga-west/topic/transport