6.5% ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Martins Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Martins Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long drive to the city and a 40-minute walk to the nearest stop define the daily commute for those in Martins Creek. While most homes have multiple cars, almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 43% of households have two vehicles, and 15% have four or more. Only 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Martins Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.7% of residents. Not a single person here commutes by public transport, and the 19.6% who work from home is far below the state figure of 31%.
19.6% ▲ +168.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 5.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, with only two stops and three routes available, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.70
Higher than 80% 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).
176.6
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging, with a typical drive time to the city of 134 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 40-minute walk required to reach the nearest transport stop.
40
Higher than 74% 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.
134
Higher 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)).
- 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 Martins Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12521/martins-creek/topic/transport