4.8% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenfield Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenfield Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained high in Greenfield Park, but the area now sees more people working from home than the national average. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb is exceptionally well-served by bus networks compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 34.9% owning two and 16.9% owning three. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greenfield Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of the workforce (48.1%) drive to work, while 24% work from home, a figure slightly above the national average. Only 1.5% of residents use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the figures for both the state and the nation.
24.0% ▲ +1221.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -81.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 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.
The area has a very high level of service with 28 stops and 7 routes, meaning there are far more weekly departures per person than the state figure. All of this public transport is provided by buses.
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.
5.19
Higher than 78% 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).
2,155.7
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,197
Higher than 61% 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).
153,309
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting around is convenient for many, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also lower than most areas at 30 minutes.
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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Greenfield Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11767/greenfield-park/topic/transport