9.7% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Malak · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Malak
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twelve different public transport routes serve Malak, making it one of the most connected areas for commuters in the region. While the suburb has strong transit links, the vast majority of people still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 1 in 10 homes in Malak have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. However, most households still own multiple cars, with 35.7% owning two and 13.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Malak splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 3.0%, which is far below the national figure. Instead, the typical journey is by car, with 71.4% of workers driving themselves to work.
3.0% ▲ +64.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -44.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 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.
The area has 21 public transport stops, a number larger than about 89% of similar areas. This means there are 6.97 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Northern Territory figure.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.97
Higher than 85% 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).
765.4
Higher than 83% 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).
9,144
Higher than 57% 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).
22,659
Higher than 51% 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).
73
Higher than 79% 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 a stop is relatively easy, as the walk to the nearest one takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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)).
- 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 Malak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70169/malak/topic/transport