2.7% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Martin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Martin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward greater car reliance is evident in Martin, where 66.5% of workers now drive themselves to work. While the area has more transport stops than most similar places, very few people actually use public transport to commute. This highlights a strong dependence on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Martin has a car, with only 2.7% having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and nearly 40% of households keep two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Martin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here at 7.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Only 2.1% of workers use public transport, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas despite being slightly below the state average.
7.6% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -43.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
There are 7 public transport stops and 5 routes serving the area, which is more than about 80% of similar places. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.78
Higher than 73% 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).
242.2
Higher than 74% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city takes about 48 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. However, getting to the nearest stop on foot takes around 50 minutes, a time that is much higher than most other areas.
50
Higher 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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 Martin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50911/martin/topic/transport