0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meckering · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meckering
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Meckering, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. While public transport options exist, the long drive times and distant stops make private travel the only practical choice for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Meckering has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 38.5% owning two vehicles and 16.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meckering, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and only 9.7% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. A small number of people use public transport for their commute, at 4.3%.
9.7% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
Meckering has two public transport routes and stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 103.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.0, and all services are trains.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.62
Higher than 87% 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).
103.4
Higher than 69% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 93 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also difficult, taking 51 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
93
Higher than 65% 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 Meckering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50923/meckering/topic/transport