Minnivale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Minnivale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A huge gap exists between Minnivale and the rest of the state when it comes to transport options. While 25% of workers operate from home—far above the national figure of 21%—there is no public transport available in the area.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 38%, ahead of 1 vehicle (31%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Minnivale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people here drive to work or work from home, with 25% of the workforce based at home. This is far above the Western Australian average of 7.5%.

25.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 38.1%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Minnivale, the largest group is Car (driver) at 43%, followed by Worked at home (36%) and Walked (21%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means weekly departures are far below the state figure of 1,623 per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip from Minnivale, with a typical drive time of 127 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

127

Higher than 85% 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 Minnivale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50967/minnivale/topic/transport