1.9% —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marsden Park - Shanes Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Marsden Park - Shanes Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Marsden Park - Shanes Park get by without a car, with only 1.9% having no motor vehicle. This area is heavily reliant on private transport, though it is also one of the places where people are most likely to work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and very few have none. At 1.9%, the share of carless households is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marsden Park - Shanes Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 40.3%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 2.1% of residents use public transport to get to work, a figure about the same as the state average.
40.3% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% —
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Buses are the only form of public transport available, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the New South Wales figure. There are 76 stops in the area, which is more than about 78% of similar areas.
76
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.90
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,776.4
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,524
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
15,524
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop is just 3 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the 37-minute drive time to the city is higher than in most places.
3
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
37
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Marsden Park - Shanes Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021629/marsden-park-shanes-park/topic/transport