3.9% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawkesbury · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Hawkesbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Hawkesbury drive to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. This is a car-dependent area where only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 37% having two and 15.7% owning four or more. This high car ownership is reflected in the fact that very few homes—just 3.9%—are without a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawkesbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 25.3% since 2011, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting is very low at 0.8% and has fallen since 2011.
25.3% ▲ +395.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -68.6%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
There are 7.04 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, with buses making up 92.4% of the services.
473
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.04
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
566.3
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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).
20
Higher than 70% of council (lga) 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 is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 296 minutes, among the highest for areas at this level.
296
Higher than 99% of council (lga) 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 Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13800/hawkesbury/topic/transport