1.9% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gregory Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gregory Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Gregory Hills go without a car compared to the rest of the country, with only 1.9% having no vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is paired with a high number of people working from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 52.5% owning two and 12.8% owning three. This is why the proportion of homes with no motor vehicle is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gregory Hills, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.2% of residents doing so, which is well above the national average. Only 1.4% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure that is a little below the state and national levels.
30.2% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 there are 25 public transport stops—more than about 90% of similar areas—they are all buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas, though far below the New South Wales figure.
25
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.
2.73
Higher than 68% 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).
684.6
Higher than 82% 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).
14,299
Higher than 66% 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).
49,609
Higher than 64% 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 to the nearest stop is quick, with a walk time of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than in most other similar places.
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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Gregory Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11780/gregory-hills/topic/transport