1.4% ▼ -48.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marmion · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marmion
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Marmion go without a car compared to the national figure, with only 1.4% lacking a vehicle. This makes the area highly dependent on private transport, even though public transport options are more plentiful than in most similar places. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with over half of all homes owning two vehicles and another 15.3% having three. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% seen across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marmion, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 13.9% work from home, a figure well above the Western Australian average. Only 2.2% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the state figure of 4.7%.
13.9% ▲ +177.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -39.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Marmion has 10 public transport stops and two routes, both of which are more than most similar areas. However, the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people remain well below the Western Australian figures.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.18
Higher than 74% 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).
1,135.6
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,158
Higher than 72% 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).
63,808
Higher than 70% 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 quicker than for most areas, with a typical drive time of 16 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also easier here, taking only 5 minutes.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Marmion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50905/marmion/topic/transport