16.6% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Malabar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Malabar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Malabar than across the country, with 41.3% doing so. This is a key part of local travel, as the area sits far from the city and relies heavily on cars or home-based work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 9.2% for New South Wales and the 7.4% national figure. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is having two vehicles, found in 33.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Malabar splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with No vehicle at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 41.3%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This helps explain why only 2.3% of people commute by public transport, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
41.3% ▲ +1038.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -79.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Malabar has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 34 stops in total. Despite this, the trip to the city takes 88 minutes, which is among the highest for similar locations.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.21
Higher than 86% 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).
3,976.2
Higher than 99% 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).
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).
88
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 28 minutes, which is longer than in most other areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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)).
- 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 Malabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12462/malabar/topic/transport