9.9% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Griffith · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Griffith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Griffith use public transport and work from home than the state average. While 8.6% of workers use transit to get to work, nearly one in four now work from home. This creates a distinct travel pattern compared to the rest of Queensland.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes in Griffith have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when 12.4% of homes lacked a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Griffith, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 23.4%, a rise of 19 points since 2016 that puts the area well above the national figure. While public transport use is among the highest for similar areas, it fell from 16.1% in 2016 to 8.6% in 2021.
23.4% —
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.6% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
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.
The area is very well connected, with 165 different routes and weekly departures that are far above the Queensland average. Most of this service is provided by buses, which make up 97.3% of the public transport modes available.
760
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.28
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,106.6
Higher than 87% of federal electorate 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).
165
Higher than 90% of federal electorate 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical three-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is only 10 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 71% of federal electorate 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.
10
Lower than 94% of federal electorate 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)).
- 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED313/griffith/topic/transport