2.8% ▲ +112.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McMinns Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McMinns Lagoon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in McMinns Lagoon relies on a car to get around. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, the lack of available transit options means no one uses them to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 83.5% of households owning two or more motor vehicles. Only 2.8% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McMinns Lagoon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.9% of workers being the driver. While 9.5% work from home—a figure well above the Northern Territory average—no one uses public transport to commute.
9.5% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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.
The area has 4 stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these services provide very little actual access, with zero people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.82
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).
100.4
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).
5
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 28 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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)).
- 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).
More for McMinns Lagoon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in McMinns Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70181/mcminns-lagoon/topic/transport