3.3% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hume · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Hume
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Hume than in the rest of New South Wales, with only 3.3% of households without a vehicle. This high reliance on private transport is mirrored in the way people travel for work, where the vast majority use a car or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 39.6% owning two and 13.6% owning four or more. The share of households with no motor vehicle has fallen to 3.3%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hume, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply to 22.2% since 2016, while those using public transport for work have fallen to just 0.5%. This is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
22.2% —
Higher than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% —
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Hume has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, with 914 stops in total. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 509.8, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
914
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 72% 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).
509.8
Lower than 75% 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).
92
Higher than 86% of federal 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED120/hume/topic/transport