6.4% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Green Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Green Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a defining feature of daily life in Green Point, where 31.5% of residents avoid a daily commute. While the area has an abundance of bus services and stops, most people still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 6.4% of Green Point homes have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being a little below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Green Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical way to get to work is by driving, with 46.6% of workers as the driver. Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, while only 0.9% of people use public transport for their commute.
31.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Green Point has a high number of public transport stops and routes, with 2,009 weekly departures per 1,000 people being well above the state figure. All of these services are buses, though they don't seem to connect residents to many other people within a 45-minute trip.
61
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.
8.96
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).
2,009.1
Higher than 92% 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).
14
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents enjoy a shorter walk to the nearest transport stop than people in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 6 minutes. It takes about 72 minutes to drive from here to the city.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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 Green Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11760/green-point/topic/transport