0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Maroota
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in South Maroota has a car, putting it among the most vehicle-dependent areas of its type. With no one using public transport to get to work and 26.3% working from home, the area relies heavily on private driving for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 65.1% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Maroota, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, though 26.3% of people work from home, which is well above the Australian average. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
26.3% ▲ +237.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
While there are 10 public transport stops—a count far above the state average—these are all buses and provide very limited reach. No one can reach another person via transit within 45 minutes, and weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.31
Higher than 90% 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).
163.1
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only one minute, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, the drive time to the city is 57 minutes.
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.
57
Lower 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)).
- 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 South Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13608/south-maroota/topic/transport