Marysville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Marysville

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

Far fewer households live without a car in Marysville than in the rest of the state. While almost every home has a motor vehicle, this reliance on cars is balanced by a significant number of people who work from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own one or two cars, though 17.2% of homes have three or more.

1.4% ▲ —

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Marysville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area commutes by public transport, and 37.2% of workers drive. This helps explain why 20.9% of people work from home, a figure that is about the same as the national average.

20.9% ▲ +36.0%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.4%
  • 2016: 14.9%
  • 2021: 20.9%

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: 1.8%
  • 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 Marysville, the largest group is Car (driver) at 45%, followed by Worked at home (25%) and Walked (19%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 7.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, the 131.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

7.98

Higher than 86% 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).

131.7

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 32 minutes, which is higher than most areas. A drive to the city typically takes 83 minutes.

32

Higher than 68% 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.

83

Higher 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)).
  • 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 Marysville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21620/marysville/topic/transport