2.4% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maryborough Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Maryborough Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.4% of homes in Maryborough Surrounds have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is common for the area, where public transport is rarely used and the drive to the city takes a very long time.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 38.6% of homes having two vehicles and 30.8% owning three or more. This means far fewer households are without a car compared to the typical Victorian home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maryborough Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.7% of people as the main driver. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.4%), and the 10.4% who work from home is far below the national figure.
10.4% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +54.0%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport is limited, with only 2.9 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures that are far below the state average. Most of the available services are buses, which make up 88.6% of the routes.
16
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.90
Lower than 71% 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).
44.5
Lower than 84% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive time of 132 minutes. This is among the highest durations recorded for areas at this level.
132
Higher than 95% 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)).
- 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 Maryborough Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201031017/maryborough-surrounds/topic/transport