0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grahamstown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grahamstown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Grahamstown now owns a motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While 28.6% of workers now operate from home, the area remains deeply dependent on private transport due to a total lack of local public transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales and national rates. About a third of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Grahamstown splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 4 or more (29%), with 2 vehicles at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.1% of residents. This is consistent with a lack of public transport, as 0.0% of the workforce commutes via transit.
28.6% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Grahamstown, which is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the nearest transport stop is a challenge, with a typical walk taking 84 minutes, among the highest times for areas at this level.
84
Higher than 99% 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 Grahamstown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Grahamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11741/grahamstown/topic/transport