7.3% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mingenew · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mingenew
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Mingenew rely on their own cars to get around, as there are no residents working from home and none using public transport to commute. While most households own at least one vehicle, 7.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42% of homes have two vehicles, though 7.3% of households have none. This lack of a car is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mingenew, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.8% of residents, while 12.1% walk. No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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: 2.4%
- 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 limited to a single bus route and one stop. With 31 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
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.
3.88
Higher than 73% 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).
31.0
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
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 Mingenew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50963/mingenew/topic/transport