2.9% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 112 minutes to the city marks Greta as a very remote area. Most residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around, with very few people working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 65.9% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare in Greta at 9.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive to work, while only 0.2% use public transport.
9.3% ▲ +313.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -82.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 13 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.88
Higher than 73% 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).
178.3
Higher than 72% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
While the trip to the city is very long, getting to local transit is easy. The walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower 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.
112
Higher than 76% 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 Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11784/greta/topic/transport