5.6% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marsden
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Marsden than in the rest of Australia. While the area is well-served by public transport stops, most residents still rely on cars to get around. This reliance is clear in the typical household, where over 70% of homes own two or more motor vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 37.9% owning two and 14.1% owning three. Only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a similar rate to the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Marsden splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 69.9% of people as the driver and 7.9% as passengers. Only 5.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average.
5.9% ▲ +268.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -47.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Marsden has 44 public transport stops and 5 routes, placing it among the largest for access at this level. However, the 500.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland figure.
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.97
Higher than 69% 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).
500.7
Higher than 78% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,988
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
44,122
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31775/marsden/topic/transport