6.7% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maclean · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maclean
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Maclean compared to the rest of the country, with only 8.7% doing so. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes for its size, the vast majority of local workers still rely on cars to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maclean, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, while only 0.6% use public transport.
8.7% ▲ +89.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Maclean has more public transport stops and routes than about 85% of similar areas, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.40
Higher than 79% 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).
267.8
Higher than 74% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 15 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
15
Higher than 53% 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)).
- 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 Maclean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12440/maclean/topic/transport