Marrabel · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Marrabel

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

More than half of the working population in Marrabel drive to work, though 36.7% work from home. This reliance on private travel is reflected in the fact that every single household in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. About 38.5% of households have two vehicles, while 15.4% own four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Marrabel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common at 36.7%, a figure far above the national average of 21.0%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the state and national figures.

36.7% ▲ +31.4%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.0%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 36.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Marrabel, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 39%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 19.8 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—actual service is low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, with only one bus route serving the area.

19.80

Higher than 92% 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).

99.0

Higher than 68% 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 a stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 76 minutes.

1

Lower than 99% 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.

76

Higher than 54% 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 Marrabel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40837/marrabel/topic/transport