Greenock · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Greenock

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Greenock owns a car, with only 1.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area far more car-reliant than the typical South Australian community. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around the region.

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📍 Greenock, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here are without a car, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 7.2%. Most households have multiple vehicles, with 42.6% owning two and 15.2% owning four or more.

1.2% ▼ -15.5%

Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Greenock, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 72.4% of residents, while only 1.3% use public transport. Working from home has risen to 9.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%.

9.2% ▲ +270.2%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 9.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.3% ▲ +93.9%

Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Greenock, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Greenock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421013/greenock/topic/transport