1.3% ▼ -49.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Madora Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Madora Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Madora Bay has a car, with only 1.3% of households living without one. This reliance on vehicles is high, though the area's strong layout of bus stops provides a useful alternative for some residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 46.8% having two vehicles and 17.8% having three. This means far fewer households are without a car compared to the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Madora Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 62% of workers drive themselves to work, while 7.3% work from home. This work-from-home rate is far below the national figure and much lower than most other similar areas.
7.3% ▲ +91.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most areas, though it takes much longer than average—76 minutes—to reach the city by transit.
22
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.
5.74
Higher than 80% 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).
1,095.3
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
32,434
Higher than 57% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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.
While the drive to the city takes 43 minutes, which is lower than most areas, residents enjoy very quick access to transport with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
43
Lower than 66% 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 Madora Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50875/madora-bay/topic/transport