1.1% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grays Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grays Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of working residents now stay at home, making Grays Point a place where remote work is far more common than across Australia. This shift reflects a community that relies heavily on private cars and home-based employment, as the typical home here is much more likely to own a vehicle than those in other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 46.7% of homes having two vehicles and 32.7% owning three or more. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Grays Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend here, with 39.7% of people doing so, far above the Australian figure of 21%. This explains why only 0.6% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
39.7% ▲ +627.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -89.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 the area has 28 stops and 2 routes—much higher than most similar areas—access is limited to buses. It takes 87 minutes to reach the city by transit, which is among the highest times for its level.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.23
Higher than 87% 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).
1,210.3
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
62,099
Higher than 70% 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).
87
Higher than 99% 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.
Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 32 minutes, a figure that is lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Grays Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11750/grays-point/topic/transport