0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marbelup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marbelup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Marbelup has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a complete reliance on cars for daily travel. This makes the area far more car-dependent than the Western Australian and national averages, where a small percentage of households typically have no vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 42.8% owning two vehicles and another 22.4% having three. Around 15.1% of homes have four or more vehicles, while no homes in the area are without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marbelup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work, and 12.4% work from home, which is well above the state figure. Only 1.6% use public transport to commute, a figure that is well below the state and national averages.
12.4% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport is nonexistent here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This puts Marbelup far below the Western Australian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk taking about 81 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this type of area.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
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 Marbelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50898/marbelup/topic/transport