Grange · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Grange

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost half of all households in Grange have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. The area is defined by high rates of working from home and an exceptionally short commute to the city. While most people rely on cars, public transport options are more frequent than the state average.

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📍 Grange, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households lack a car, with only 3.5% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.

3.5% ▼ -38.3%

Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Grange, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common in Grange, with 29.8% of people doing so—far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. While 5.1% use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than most areas, despite falling from 12.9% in 2011.

29.8% ▲ +449.9%

Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 29.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

5.1% ▼ -60.3%

Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 12.2%
  • 2021: 5.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Grange, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is readily available, with 5.19 stops per 1,000 people and 1,206 weekly departures, both of which are far above the state figures. All public transport services in the area are buses.

24

Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

5.19

Higher than 63% 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).

1,206.4

Higher than 65% 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).

13,741

Lower than 56% 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).

143,739

Higher than 78% 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).

40

Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

Grange is very well connected, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is just 10 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

10

Lower than 88% 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 Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031123/grange/topic/transport