19.5% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marrickville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marrickville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 20% of homes in Marrickville do not own a car, a figure far above the 7.4% national average. This reliance on alternatives is matched by a very high number of people working from home and excellent access to the city. The area is well-connected, making it much easier to get around without a vehicle than in most other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 19.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 51.5% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marrickville, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce (50.1%) works from home, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas, sitting a little above the national rate at 5.6%.
50.1% ▲ +1380.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -79.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
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.
Marrickville has 74 public transport stops and 15 routes, among the largest counts for similar areas. With 2,208.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far above the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6, and the typical trip to the city takes much less time than in most areas.
74
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.79
Higher than 68% 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).
2,208.3
Higher than 93% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
67,493
Higher than 88% 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).
404,892
Higher than 90% 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).
34
Lower than 89% 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.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of just 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Marrickville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12514/marrickville/topic/transport