Murrays Bridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Murrays Bridge

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

A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Murrays Bridge, where not a single household is without a motor vehicle. This creates a stark contrast to the state and national figures, making the area almost entirely dependent on private transport for every trip.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland and Australian rates. Most households own multiple cars, with 68.7% of homes owning three or more vehicles.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Murrays Bridge splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (32%), with 4 or more at 20%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, and very few people work from home at 4.8%, which is far below the national figure. Instead, 61.9% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.

4.8%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.3%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Murrays Bridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Walked is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes, stops, and departures. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average for transport stops per person.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 117 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

117

Higher than 79% 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 Murrays Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32086/murrays-bridge/topic/transport