0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grose Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grose Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Grose Vale owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. The area is heavily reliant on driving, though nearly a third of workers now avoid the commute entirely by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single household in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without one. Most homes are well-equipped, with 32.1% owning two vehicles and 31.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Grose Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (32%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 31.9% of people doing so—a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Because of this, very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.6%.
31.9% ▲ +360.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -41.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 9 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar areas, service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all available transit is by bus.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.08
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).
356.1
Higher than 76% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 into the city takes about 57 minutes by car. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop typically takes around 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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 Grose Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11791/grose-vale/topic/transport