7.8% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maryborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of workers in Maryborough (Vic.) commute by driving a car, making it the dominant way to get around. While the town has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 32% owning two and 10% owning three. About 8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the state, at just 5.7%. This is mirrored in the commute data, where 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.
5.7% ▲ +98.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
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: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 is well equipped with 11 routes and 85 stops, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
85
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.
10.42
Higher than 87% 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).
593.0
Higher than 80% 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).
11
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents can reach a transport stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 115 minutes, much higher than in most similar places.
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.
115
Higher than 78% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21618/maryborough/topic/transport