Marlee · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Marlee

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than half of workers in Marlee drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this rural area. Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, with 37% of households owning two. This high level of car ownership is consistent with a total absence of public transport use for commuting.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No home in Marlee is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Most households have multiple cars, with 23.3% owning three and 13.7% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Marlee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes using public transport. While 17.5% of people work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

17.5% ▼ -2.9%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.0%
  • 2016: 21.6%
  • 2021: 17.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Marlee, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There is one bus route serving the area, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

5.03

Higher than 78% 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).

50.3

Higher than 63% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 5 minutes, which is lower than most other areas.

5

Lower than 68% 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 Marlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12504/marlee/topic/transport