1.9% ▼ -73.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marsden Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marsden Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of workers in Marsden Park work from home, a figure far above the national average. This creates a unique transport profile where a huge portion of the workforce avoids a daily commute, while those who do travel rely heavily on private cars in an area with high vehicle ownership.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 49.2% of homes owning two vehicles and only 1.9% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marsden Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common at 39.9%, which is far above the national figure. For those who leave the house, 38.5% drive as the primary operator, while only 2.1% use public transport to get to work.
39.9% ▲ +344.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -53.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
The area has 59 public transport stops and four routes, but all services are buses. While weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the state figure, the number of stops per 1,000 people remains well below New South Wales.
59
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.
4.04
Higher than 74% 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).
1,481.5
Higher than 89% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
15,524
Lower than 54% 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.
It takes about 13 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Marsden Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12515/marsden-park/topic/transport