1.2% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marian · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marian
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 42-minute walk to the nearest stop is much longer than in most areas, reflecting the rural nature of Marian. Private cars are essential here, with only 1.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 10.8% have four or more. Very few households get by without a car, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marian, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 71.4% as the driver. Working from home is far below the Australian figure at 5.9%, while only 1.3% use public transport to get to work.
5.9% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 served by a single bus route with eight stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.89
Higher than 65% 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).
18.9
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 around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes a typical 42 minutes.
42
Higher than 75% 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 Marian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31766/marian/topic/transport