11.3% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Matraville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Matraville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 4,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Matraville one of the most well-served areas for transit. While many residents still rely on cars, there is a strong trend toward flexible work, with a third of the workforce operating from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households own one or two vehicles, though 5.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Matraville splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 33.5% of people doing so—a figure far above the national average of 21%. For those who travel, 39.9% drive as the sole occupant of a car.
33.5% ▲ +869.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -77.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 is highly connected with 46 public transport stops and 9 routes, all of which are buses. This helps 148,311 people stay within a 45-minute transit trip, which is more than 88% of similar areas.
46
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.
4.63
Higher than 76% 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).
4,021.8
Higher 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
49,110
Higher than 87% 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).
148,311
Higher than 86% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 typical drive time of just 13 minutes. Local access is also excellent, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Matraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12534/matraville/topic/transport