3.6% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murrabit · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murrabit
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport use separates Murrabit from the rest of the country, where 0% of workers use these services. This sparsely populated area relies almost entirely on private cars to get around, with nearly half of all homes owning at least two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 48.8% owning two and 27.4% owning three. Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murrabit, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents. While 16.5% work from home, this is well below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
16.5% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
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: 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There is only one bus route and one stop serving the area. While the number of stops per person is about the same as the state average, the 17.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.35
Higher than 75% 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).
17.4
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop is a challenge here, with a typical walk taking 26 minutes. This is higher than in most other similar areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
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 Murrabit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21840/murrabit/topic/transport