9.3% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenacre · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenacre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 42% of workers in Greenacre drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While the area has an extensive network of public transport stops, the typical trip to the city remains quite long.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.3% of homes in Greenacre have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own at least one car, with 35.1% having two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greenacre splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28.8% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the national figure. Only 1.5% of residents use public transport for their commute, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the state and national averages.
28.8% ▲ +1234.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -75.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Greenacre has a high number of public transport stops and routes, with 5.47 stops per 1,000 people and 144 stops in total. All public transport here is provided by buses, though the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas at 72 minutes.
144
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.47
Higher than 79% 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).
1,403.0
Higher than 88% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
62,126
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).
212,016
Higher than 87% 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).
72
Higher than 77% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only 1 minute. However, the drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1
Lower 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.
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 Greenacre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11763/greenacre/topic/transport