3.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mardi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mardi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops has become a key feature of Mardi, where 27 stops serve the area. While the local transit network is extensive, most residents still rely on cars or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Mardi are without a car, at just 3.7%, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.1% owning two vehicles and 15% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mardi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 23.8% of the workforce, which is a little above the Australian average. Only 1.4% of people use public transport to get to work, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
23.8% ▲ +505.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -76.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Mardi has 7.5 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a figure well above the New South Wales average. While the area has 12 routes and a high number of weekly departures, all services are provided by buses.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.50
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).
1,257.9
Higher than 88% 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).
12
Higher than 86% 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).
5,229
Lower than 65% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. This is much lower than most areas, although the drive time to the city takes about 61 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Mardi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12498/mardi/topic/transport