12.5% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Marys
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 2,800 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make St Marys one of the best-connected areas for transit. This high level of service is paired with a short walk to the nearest stop, though many residents still rely on cars for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Marys, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Roughly 20.5% of people work from home, which is about the same as the Australian average. For those who travel, half of the workforce drive themselves to work.
20.5% ▲ +1220.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport is very accessible here, with 84 stops and 18 different routes. This is far above the state average for departures per 1,000 people, and about 97,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
84
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.34
Higher than 83% 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).
2,828.2
Higher than 96% 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).
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,970
Higher than 85% 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).
97,838
Higher than 78% 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.
Getting around is relatively easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 33 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13658/st-marys/topic/transport