6.3% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Griffith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Griffith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Griffith compared to the national figure, with only 3.7% doing so. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, though 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it remains a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Griffith splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73% of people driving themselves. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.2%), and the proportion of people working from home is far below the national figure.
3.7% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Griffith has 178 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for areas at this level. While there are far more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
178
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.13
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).
445.0
Higher than 77% 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).
17
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.
Getting to a stop is quick for residents, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most 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.
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).
More for Griffith
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11788/griffith/topic/transport