6.7% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Miranda · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Miranda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas define Miranda, though many residents now avoid the commute entirely. A striking 38% of people work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift reflects a broader trend toward flexible work in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.9% owning two. However, the number of households without any motor vehicle rose to 6.7% since 2011, which is higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Miranda splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 35 percentage points since 2011, leaving 38% of the workforce at home. This is well above the New South Wales figure, while those using public transport to get to work fell to 2.4%.
38.0% ▲ +1088.1%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -69.3%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 is well served by 412 public transport stops, which is more than 83% of similar areas. Most of this access is via buses, which make up 95.8% of the available transport modes.
412
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.15
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,113.7
Higher than 55% of state electorate 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).
32
Higher than 63% of state electorate 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Miranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10052/miranda/topic/transport