7.1% ▲ +159.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mengha · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mengha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve Mengha, making the area almost entirely dependent on private cars. While most homes have two or more vehicles, about 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Many residents keep multiple cars, with 39.3% of homes having two vehicles and 26.8% having three. However, the 7.1% of homes without a car is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mengha, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 74.1% of people. While 13.8% work from home—well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0%—no one in the area uses public transport to commute.
13.8% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 or stops in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 767.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mengha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60397/mengha/topic/transport