8.6% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grafton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grafton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Grafton than in the rest of the country, with only 7% doing so. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do, 44.2% of households have one car and 32.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Grafton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure. Most people drive, with 66.3% being the driver and 5.7% traveling as a passenger.
7.0% ▲ +122.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Grafton has 12 routes and 37 stops, which is among the largest for an area of this size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.50
Higher than 71% 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).
347.6
Higher than 76% 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).
12
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 around on foot is relatively easy for those using transit, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Grafton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11739/grafton/topic/transport