Marion Bay · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Marion Bay

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes without a car defines the transport landscape in Marion Bay, a result far below the national figure of 7.4%. This is a place where private vehicles are essential for every household to get around. Residents rely entirely on cars for their daily needs and work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Marion Bay has at least one motor vehicle. Most households have two cars, with 41.7% of homes owning two and 16.7% owning three.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Marion Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Instead, 60% of the workforce drives themselves to work.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Marion Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This leaves the community with a total of zero weekly departures, far below the Tasmanian average.

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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).

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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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 39 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 67 minutes, much higher than in other places.

67

Higher than 89% 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.

39

Lower than 68% 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 Marion Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60384/marion-bay/topic/transport