Marraweeney · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Marraweeney

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

A high rate of working from home defines the commute in Marraweeney, where 31% of workers avoid a daily trip. This shift toward home-based work stands far above the national figure. With no public transport options available, the community relies entirely on private cars and home offices.

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📍 Marraweeney, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Marraweeney has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and national figures for carless households, with 47.6% of homes owning two vehicles.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Marraweeney, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Marraweeney uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 69% of workers drive and 31% work from home, a figure far above the Australian average.

31.0%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 42.9%
  • 2021: 31.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Marraweeney, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

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. This leaves the community with far fewer transit options than the Victorian average.

0.00

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).

0.0

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a major trip from Marraweeney, with the drive time taking 127 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

127

Higher than 85% 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 Marraweeney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21614/marraweeney/topic/transport