0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gresford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gresford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Gresford has at least one motor vehicle, highlighting a total reliance on cars for daily travel. This makes sense for a place where the walk to the nearest transport stop can take 49 minutes. Most residents now depend on private transport for almost all their trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Over half of all households own two or more cars, and 11.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gresford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.9% of residents, while 19.8% work from home. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
19.8% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While there are 8.33 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state average—service is very limited. There is only one bus route, and the weekly number of departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.33
Higher than 86% 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).
41.7
Higher than 62% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas, and the drive to the city takes 140 minutes.
49
Higher than 79% 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.
140
Higher than 88% 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)).
- 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 Gresford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11783/gresford/topic/transport