6.8% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grey · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Grey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Grey, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. Most residents rely on private vehicles to get around, with only 1% of workers using public transit for their daily commute. This reliance on cars is mirrored by the low number of transport services available across the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.9% owning two vehicles and 9.2% owning four or more. Only 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is about the same as the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Grey splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65% of people acting as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 8.1% of people doing so, while just 1% use public transport.
8.1% —
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, as the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is among the lowest in the region and far below the South Australian figure. There are only 3.95 stops per 1,000 people, and all available services are buses.
678
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.95
Lower than 71% 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).
145.0
Lower than 94% 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).
56
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Grey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED404/grey/topic/transport