9.1% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenwich · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenwich
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Greenwich work from home, a figure far above the national average. The area is exceptionally well-connected, with a very short 9-minute drive to the city and highly accessible public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Roughly half of all households own a single vehicle, while 32.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greenwich, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here at 54.6%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. For those who do travel, 20.4% drive and 6.1% walk to work.
54.6% ▲ +682.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -87.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport options are extensive, with 14 routes and 51 stops, making this area's access far above the state average. The 39-minute transit time to the city is much lower than in most similar areas.
51
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.33
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).
2,915.5
Higher than 97% 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).
39,763
Higher than 86% 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).
201,705
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).
39
Lower than 83% 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.
Getting around is very efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. This is much lower than most other 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Greenwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11776/greenwich/topic/transport