0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marion Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marion Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Marion Bay drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this area. Every single home here owns at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two vehicles, and not a single household lacks a motor vehicle. This rate of ownership is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia, where more homes typically go without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Marion Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the state and national figures. While 15.9% of people work from home, others mostly drive, walk or cycle.
15.9% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 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.
The area has one bus route and one stop, which is more than many similar areas. However, with only 9.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the South Australian average.
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.
4.76
Higher than 76% 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).
9.5
Higher than 58% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Marion Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40831/marion-bay/topic/transport