1.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mindarie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mindarie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private car use has remained dominant in Mindarie, where very few households get by without a vehicle. Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is consistent with the area's location and the long travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 43.4% having two and another 18.5% having three. This high rate of ownership means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mindarie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.2% of residents. While 10% work from home, this is far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.0% ▲ +100.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
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.
Mindarie has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, though all services are bus-based. However, the 74-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
47
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher than 81% 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).
1,276.2
Higher than 88% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
34,668
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
74
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical drive to the city takes 26 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have relatively easy access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Mindarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50960/mindarie/topic/transport