Monomeith · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Monomeith

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

Almost every household in Monomeith owns a car, reflecting its status as an area where residents are highly dependent on private vehicles. With no one using public transport to commute and no local transit stops, the area is much more isolated from the network than the state average.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. A third of households own four or more vehicles.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Monomeith, the largest group is 4 or more at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (39%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60% of workers being the driver. While 20% of people work from home—a rate higher than most similar areas—this is still a little below the national figure of 21%.

20.0%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 20.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Monomeith, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes, stops, or departures. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

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.

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.

The area is remote, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 79 minutes, among the highest for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 56 minutes.

79

Higher than 96% 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.

56

Lower than 58% 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 Monomeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21731/monomeith/topic/transport