11.6% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gray · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Gray than the national figure, with only 2.8% doing so. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport options compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for this level and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 40.1% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gray, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, but 3.2% use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than in most areas. Very few people work from home, a rate far below the national figure of 21.0%.
2.8% ▲ +108.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Gray is well-served by buses, with 15 stops and 8 routes, making it larger than about 85% of similar areas. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the Northern Territory figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.77
Higher than 77% 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).
823.4
Higher than 84% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,980
Higher than 57% 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).
24,165
Higher than 52% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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 a transit stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Gray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70112/gray/topic/transport