5.8% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenfield Park - Prairiewood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood than in most similar areas, with 26.4% of the workforce doing so. While the area has a high number of public transport services, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 5.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two vehicles, while 10.7% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greenfield Park - Prairiewood splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 26.4%, up 25 points since 2011, though this remains well below the state figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.1%, which is a little below the national figure.
26.4% ▲ +1355.0%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -83.9%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 is well served by buses, with 5.42 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures that are well above the New South Wales average. However, these services only reach 8,855 people within 30 minutes, a figure smaller than about 76% of similar areas.
48
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.42
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,895.2
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,855
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
76,443
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot or by car takes longer than in most areas. It takes 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop and about 31 minutes to drive to the city.
8
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
31
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Greenfield Park - Prairiewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021517/greenfield-park-prairiewood/topic/transport