2.5% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Madeley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Madeley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 67% of workers in Madeley drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. While the area is well-served by bus routes, it remains a heavily car-reliant suburb where very few households go without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 45.8% having two vehicles and 14.7% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Madeley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 7.5% of people doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. A small number of people (3.4%) use public transport to get to work.
7.5% ▲ +125.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Madeley has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, though the 62-minute trip to the city is higher than most. All local public transport is provided by buses.
33
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.85
Higher than 77% 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).
1,232.6
Higher than 88% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,199
Higher than 66% 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).
48,980
Higher than 64% 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).
62
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of just 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking only 3 minutes.
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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Madeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50874/madeley/topic/transport