Greenhill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Greenhill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single household in Greenhill owns a motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian and national figures. This heavy reliance on cars is common for the area, though 16.9% of people work from home, a figure well above the state average.

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📍 Greenhill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 51.9% owning two and 17.9% owning three. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Greenhill, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 3 vehicles is next at 18%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.2% of residents. Only 1.2% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures.

16.9% ▲ +196.3%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 16.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.2% ▼ -73.7%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Greenhill, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Greenhill has 10 public transport stops and 2 routes, putting it among the highest for stops per 1,000 people in the state. All transit services are buses, and weekly departures are much higher than in most similar areas.

22.03

Higher than 93% 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).

1,167.4

Higher than 87% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is relatively quick, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.

3

Lower than 79% 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.

13

Lower than 91% 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 Greenhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40535/greenhill/topic/transport