0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Magenta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Magenta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Magenta than in most similar areas, with 37.3% of the workforce doing so. This makes working from home a major part of the local routine, far above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Magenta has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Magenta splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (47%) and 1 vehicle (43%), with 3 vehicles at 7%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, while only 2.4% of people use public transport to get to work. Most residents drive, with 46% of workers commuting as the driver.
37.3% ▲ +189.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▲ —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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.
Bus services provide all the public transport here, and the area has more routes than about 82% of similar places. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.01
Higher than 69% 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).
349.4
Higher than 76% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,839
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality 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).
15,839
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality 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.
It takes about 79 minutes to drive to the city from Magenta. Walking to the nearest stop takes 24 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
79
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality 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).
More for Magenta
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Magenta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12450/magenta/topic/transport