0.9% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Granton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Granton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 73% of workers in Granton drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, and very few residents work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with about 22% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 0.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Granton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 6.9%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. While 73.4% of people drive to work, 2% use public transport, which is about the same as the state average.
6.9% ▲ +270.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +77.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Granton has 23 public transport stops and 10 routes, which is among the highest for its area type. Despite having 1,545.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people—far above the state figure—no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
23
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.
12.09
Higher than 88% 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).
1,545.5
Higher than 89% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is just 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop takes 26 minutes, which is higher than in most other areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Granton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60244/granton/topic/transport