2.6% ▼ -44.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maianbar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maianbar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 39% of people who work in Maianbar do so from home, making it a place where remote work is much more common than in the rest of the country. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored by a very high level of car ownership across the small community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 44.6% having two vehicles and 11.8% owning four or more. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maianbar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 4 or more (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, a figure well below the Australian average. Instead, 38.6% of the workforce works from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%.
38.6% ▲ +464.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While the area has two bus stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. No one can reach other people within 30 or 45 minutes using public transport.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.71
Higher than 72% 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).
126.2
Higher than 71% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Residents have quick access to their nearest stop, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes. However, it takes 49 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maianbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12452/maianbar/topic/transport