4.3% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marangaroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marangaroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops and departures now define the way people move in Marangaroo. While it has become one of the best-connected areas in its class for transit services, the vast majority of residents still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 38.9% having two vehicles and 16.7% having three. Only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marangaroo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.5% of people commuting as a driver. Very few people work from home here, at 4.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.7% ▲ +98.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
Marangaroo has a strong transit network with 52 stops and 12 routes, among the largest at this level. While weekly departures are a little above the state figure, it takes a typical resident 65 minutes to reach the city by transit.
52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.96
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).
1,803.3
Higher than 91% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,380
Higher than 73% 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).
65,084
Higher than 71% 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).
65
Higher than 66% 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.
The area is very accessible by car, with a 17-minute drive time to the city that is much lower than most areas. Pedestrians also have quick access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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 Marangaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50896/marangaroo/topic/transport