1.2% ▼ -35.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Middleton Grange · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Middleton Grange
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Middleton Grange have two motor vehicles. This reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, though a very high proportion of the workforce now avoids the commute entirely by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 53.2% of homes owning two vehicles and only 1.2% having none. This lack of carless households is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Middleton Grange, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 33.4% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 0.9% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure slightly below the state and national levels.
33.4% ▲ +637.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -64.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 10 public transport stops—mostly buses—the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average. This is reflected in the fact that zero people can reach others within 30 minutes using transit.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.42
Higher than 63% 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).
232.6
Higher than 73% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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).
30,457
Higher than 56% 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 around is relatively efficient for the location, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes. The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Middleton Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12618/middleton-grange/topic/transport