1.9% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ganmain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ganmain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for almost everyone in Ganmain, where only 1.9% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a place where residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 54.2% of homes having three or more vehicles. This high level of car ownership is consistent with the very small number of homes without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ganmain splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 67% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 10.7%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
10.7% ▲ +204.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Ganmain has 10 public transport stops and five routes, these are mostly buses. Despite having more stops per person than the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.61
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
123.6
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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 to a transit point takes time in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is 31 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
31
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Ganmain
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ganmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11589/ganmain/topic/transport