2.2% ▲ +197.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McGraths Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McGraths Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in McGraths Hill than the state average, with only 2.2% of households without one. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is clear, as the typical household owns two or more cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple vehicles, with 46.2% owning two and 12.3% owning four or more. This explains why the number of car-free homes is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McGraths Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.7% of the workforce, which is well above the national average. In contrast, only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work.
24.7% ▲ +820.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -81.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 the area has 34 stops and 4 routes—among the highest for its level—these bus services do not help people reach others within 45 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are about the same as the state figure.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.40
Higher than 89% 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).
1,333.5
Higher than 88% 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).
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.
It takes about 41 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes.
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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 McGraths Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12552/mcgraths-hill/topic/transport