4.5% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hughes · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Hughes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a huge part of life in Hughes, where 38.1% of residents do their jobs from house. This far exceeds the national figure of 21.0%. While the area has many transport stops, most people rely on their own cars or home offices to get through the day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 42.3% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hughes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A massive 34 point increase since 2016 means 38.1% of people now work from home. This is far above the Australian average, and it mirrors a sharp drop in public transport use for commuting, which fell to 2.2% in 2021.
38.1% —
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Hughes has 922 public transport stops, meaning there are 6.13 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state figure. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales average.
922
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.13
Higher than 87% of federal 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).
909.5
Lower than 58% of federal 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).
28
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city takes longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 34 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop also takes longer than usual, with a typical trip of 12 minutes.
12
Higher than 63% of federal electorate 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.
34
Higher than 59% of federal electorate 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)).
- 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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED119/hughes/topic/transport