4.4% ▲ +64.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grong Grong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grong Grong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas have as much public transport infrastructure per person as Grong Grong, though the town remains heavily reliant on private cars. While the number of stops is high for its size, the actual service is very limited. Most people here rely on their own vehicles or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 42.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.4% owning four or more. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Grong Grong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.9% of people, while 20.3% work from home. No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure.
20.3% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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.
The town has 6.97 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, the 62.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
6.97
Higher than 85% 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).
62.7
Higher than 64% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes a typical 72 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
72
Higher than 92% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Grong Grong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11790/grong-grong/topic/transport