5.0% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Griffith · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Griffith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on private cars shapes daily life in Griffith, where only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common, with 37.8% of homes having two vehicles and 15.2% owning three. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen by 3 points since 2011 to reach 5%, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Griffith, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 72.5% of people as the driver and 8.9% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 5.3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
5.3% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Griffith has a high number of stops per 1,000 people (8.75), which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
237
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.75
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
340.7
Higher than 67% of council (lga) 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).
17
Higher than 66% of council (lga) 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 by public transport can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 44 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
44
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Griffith
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/lga/LGA13450/griffith/topic/transport