17.3% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Granville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Granville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 17% of homes in South Granville have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This high rate of car-free living is supported by excellent local infrastructure, including 41 public transport stops and very short walking distances to transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.3% of households do not own a car, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do have vehicles, 33.9% of homes have one and 29.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Granville splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with No vehicle at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 23% of people work from home, which is a little above the Australian figure of 21%. While 43.6% of workers drive, only 1.5% use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national rate.
22.8% ▲ +959.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -82.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Public transport access is very strong, with 7.03 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state figure of 5.27. The area has 4 routes and 41 stops, meaning 139,238 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
41
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.
7.03
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).
1,295.4
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).
66,478
Higher than 88% 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).
139,238
Higher than 86% 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).
76
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It is very easy to access the network here, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 South Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13599/south-granville/topic/transport