7.4% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenfields · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenfields
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Greenfields live without a car than in most other similar areas. While 7.4% of households have no vehicle, the area offers very high access to public transport with 60 stops across 9 different routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and much higher than most similar areas. Most households have one or two cars, with 44.4% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greenfields, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 4.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. While most residents drive, 3.8% commute by public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
4.7% ▲ +95.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Greenfields has a high number of transport stops per person compared to the state. Despite having 60 stops, it takes 88 minutes to reach the city by transit, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.08
Higher than 82% 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).
1,099.1
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,869
Higher than 58% 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).
20,125
Lower than 51% 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).
88
Higher than 99% 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 nearest stop is very easy, with a walk time of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 46 minutes, which is lower than in most other 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.
46
Lower than 64% 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 Greenfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50583/greenfields/topic/transport