1.6% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grantham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grantham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly everyone in Grantham relies on a car to get around, though a surprising number of workers use public transport. Only 1.6% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This high level of vehicle ownership supports a community where most people drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.3% having four or more. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland average of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Grantham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 14.7% of workers, which is far above the Australian figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 5.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national rate of 21%.
5.7% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.7% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
The area has 2.51 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most similar areas. However, with only 25.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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.
2.51
Higher than 67% 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).
25.1
Higher than 60% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes a typical resident 75 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to the nearest stop is difficult for many, with a walking time of 74 minutes, which is among the highest at this level.
74
Higher than 93% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Grantham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Grantham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31227/grantham/topic/transport