2.4% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.4% of homes in Greenwood have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households rely on cars to get around, though the area has a high number of public transport options compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles and 15.4% have three. Very few households get by without a car, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greenwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 8.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure. About 4.8% use public transport to commute, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
8.4% ▲ +131.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
The area is well served with 46 public transport stops and 7 different routes, placing it among the largest for its level. While the number of departures is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the state figure.
46
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.
4.66
Higher than 76% 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).
1,112.2
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,723
Higher than 65% 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).
26,927
Higher than 54% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 by car takes about 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Greenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50587/greenwood/topic/transport