Markwood · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Markwood

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

Zero residents rely on public transport in Markwood, reflecting a total absence of local services compared to the state average. This makes the area heavily dependent on private cars, with almost every household owning at least one vehicle.

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📍 Markwood, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Markwood has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. The most common arrangement is two cars per home, accounting for 43.9% of households.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Markwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 23.5% of people doing so, which is a little above the Australian average. Otherwise, most people drive, with 58% commuting as a driver and 8.4% walking to work.

23.5% ▲ +63.5%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.4%
  • 2016: 17.5%
  • 2021: 23.5%

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: 3.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Markwood, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

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. Consequently, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Markwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21606/markwood/topic/transport