10.6% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marsfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marsfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 46% of people in Marsfield work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is a standout feature for the area, which also sees a significant number of households living without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Half of all households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marsfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 45.8% of the workforce doing so, far exceeding the New South Wales rate of 31%. Just 3.9% of residents commute using public transport.
45.8% ▲ +1384.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -78.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Marsfield has some of the highest numbers of public transport stops and routes for its size, and weekly departures are far above the state figure. This provides strong access, with 185,238 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
52
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.
4.16
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).
2,248.5
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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
42,792
Higher than 86% 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).
185,238
Higher than 87% 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).
50
Lower than 64% 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 relatively quick, with a driving time of only 16 minutes. Residents also benefit from a very short walk to the nearest transport stop, typically taking just 2 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Marsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12516/marsfield/topic/transport