0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Menzies · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Menzies
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Menzies owns a car, making it a highly vehicle-dependent area compared to the rest of the country. With no public transport available and a long drive to the city, residents rely almost entirely on private cars to get around.
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 national figure where about 7% of households have none. Most families have multiple cars, with 38% of homes owning three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Menzies, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, while 18.6% work from home, which is well above the South Australian average. Nearly half of the workforce drive themselves to work, and another 18.6% walk.
18.6% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 routes, stops, or departures in the area. This lack of access is far below the South Australian average for transit stops per person.
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 city is a major journey, with a typical drive time of 198 minutes, among the highest for areas at this level.
198
Higher than 99% 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).
More for Menzies
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Menzies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40862/menzies/topic/transport