18.9% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Granville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Granville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Granville than in most similar areas, with 18.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This high rate of car-free living is reflected in the way people move, as public transport use for commuting is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in five homes has no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households that do own a car have just one, accounting for 47.3% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Granville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 13.1% of workers to get to work, far above the 3.1% national average. While 22.9% of people work from home, this is well below the state figure of 31.0%.
22.9% ▲ +1466.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.1% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Granville has one of the largest networks in its class, with 69 stops and 13 different routes. Despite this, the typical transit time to the city is higher than most areas, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
69
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.13
Higher than 74% 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).
1,048.0
Higher than 87% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
57,698
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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).
289,202
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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).
62
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the 18-minute drive time to the city is much lower than in most other places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
18
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality 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 Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11745/granville/topic/transport