13.3% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Granville · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Granville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Granville, with 32% of people now doing so compared to just 1.7% in 2011. This shift comes alongside a strong reliance on public transport and a high number of households that do not own a car. It is an area with significant transit options, featuring over 500 public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.3% of homes in Granville have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. While this is among the highest proportions for similar areas, the number has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Granville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure of 3.1%, though it fell 10 percentage points since 2011 to 6.6%. This decline happened as working from home rose sharply to 32%, a rate far above the Australian average of 21%.
32.0% ▲ +1757.9%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.6% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
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.
Granville is well connected with 533 public transport stops and 41 different routes, making it larger than about 79% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 1,343.6, which is about the same as the state figure.
533
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.12
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,343.6
Higher than 64% of state electorate 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).
41
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10032/granville/topic/transport