1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Girraween · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Girraween
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Girraween owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life here. Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the long walks required to reach public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 37.2% having two vehicles and 25.6% owning four or more. Very few households lack a car, a rate far lower than the 11.1% seen across the Northern Territory.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Girraween, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 74.2% of people commuting as a driver. Working from home is rare at 3.8%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
3.8% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -66.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
While there are 6 public transport stops and one route—more than many similar areas—service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the rest of the Territory, and no one can reach others via transit within 45 minutes.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.60
Higher than 72% 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).
21.6
Higher than 60% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to public transport is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 40 minutes. This is higher than most other areas.
40
Higher than 74% 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.
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 Girraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70110/girraween/topic/transport