1.1% ▼ -63.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Morisset Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Morisset Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all homes in Morisset Park have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a defining feature of the area. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with almost no one using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 50.3% of households owning two vehicles and 24% owning three or more. Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Morisset Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, used by 52.8% of residents. While 22.4% of the workforce works from home—a little above the Australian average—not a single person in the area commutes by public transport.
22.4% ▲ +146.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
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: 4.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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.
The area has 4 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.69
Higher than 72% 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).
164.1
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. For those heading to the city, the drive time is around 79 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
79
Higher than 56% 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 Morisset Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12735/morisset-park/topic/transport