Martinsville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Martinsville

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

Car ownership has remained essential in Martinsville, where every single household now owns at least one motor vehicle. The area is almost entirely dependent on private transport, with no one using public transit to get to work and no local stops available.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Vehicle ownership is very high here, with 37.1% of homes having two cars and 26.5% owning four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Martinsville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 1 vehicle (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 27.6% of the workforce, which is well above the national figure. Most others rely on cars, as 0.0% of people use public transport to commute, a figure well below the Australian average.

27.6% ▲ +69.6%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.3%
  • 2016: 10.6%
  • 2021: 27.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 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 Martinsville, Car (driver) is the majority at 53%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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.

Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 73 minutes. This is among the highest times for areas of this type.

73

Higher than 93% 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.

82

Higher than 58% 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 Martinsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12522/martinsville/topic/transport