5.9% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meningie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meningie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport in Meningie than in most similar areas, with no one using it to get to work. The town is heavily dependent on cars, and it takes about 108 minutes to drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 34.1% owning two and 13.6% owning three. However, 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Meningie splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way to get to work, as 62.9% of people drive and 0.0% use public transport. Around 13.8% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is well above the South Australian average.
13.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
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: 0.6%
- 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 very limited, with only one stop and two bus routes serving the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.89
Higher than 61% 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).
14.3
Higher than 59% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 around is mostly done by car, as it takes 108 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most similar areas.
108
Higher than 74% 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)).
- 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 Meningie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40859/meningie/topic/transport