8.4% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenacres · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenacres
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most homes in Greenacres have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way to get around. Despite this, the area has an exceptionally strong public transport network that is far more used than in other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of households have two cars, though 8.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This last figure is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the South Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greenacres splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 8.9% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, those working from home make up 8.7% of the workforce, a figure far below the Australian average.
8.7% ▲ +281.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.9% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
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.
The area is very well served by 14 bus routes and 17 stops, providing more transit options than about 86% of similar areas. This helps explain why weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.07
Higher than 78% 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).
1,722.9
Higher than 90% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,775
Higher than 86% 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).
71,067
Higher than 72% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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.
Getting to the city is quick, with a typical drive time of only 10 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a much lower walk to the nearest stop than in most areas, averaging 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Greenacres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40534/greenacres/topic/transport