8.3% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grasmere · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grasmere
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 32.3% of people in Grasmere work from home, far exceeding the national figure. This reliance on remote work is a key feature of the area, where very few residents use public transport for their daily commute. Most people rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, many households have multiple cars, with 21.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Grasmere splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (28%) and 2 vehicles (27%), with 4 or more at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Grasmere uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average. Most residents drive themselves, while 32.3% work from home, which is a little above the New South Wales average.
32.3% ▲ +401.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
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: 2.1%
- 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 there are 7 public transport stops and 4 routes, no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit. The 162 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.33
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).
162.0
Higher than 72% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 49 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest stop is harder than usual, with a walk time of 21 minutes.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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 Grasmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11746/grasmere/topic/transport