5.1% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Griffith - Murrumbidgee (West) · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Griffith - Murrumbidgee (West)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport to get to work in Griffith - Murrumbidgee (West) than in most similar areas. Private cars are the dominant way to get around, with only 5.1% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is reflected in the very low number of people who work from home or use transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 37.3% owning two and 15.3% owning three. Only 5.1% of homes have no vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Griffith - Murrumbidgee (West), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to travel for work, as 70.2% of people are car drivers. Very few people use public transport (0.3%) or work from home (7.3%), with the latter being far below the national figure of 21.0%.
7.3% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
While there are 5.45 public transport stops per 1,000 people—about the same as the state average—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and the network is almost entirely buses.
270
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.45
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
194.2
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) 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
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Griffith - Murrumbidgee (West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11301/griffith-murrumbidgee/topic/transport