8.6% ▲ +278.5%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Menangle · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Menangle, with 27.0% of workers now doing so compared to just 2.1% in 2011. This shift is part of a broader change in how residents get around, as the area sees a high reliance on cars and almost no use of public transport for commuting.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though the number of households without a vehicle has risen to 8.6% since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
8.6% ▲ +278.5%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Menangle, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work at 45.4%, while 27.0% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, public transport is not used for commuting here, a trend that has barely changed since 2011.
27.0% ▲ +1205.0%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Menangle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121075/menangle/topic/transport