5.4% —
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hilltops · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Hilltops
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Hilltops compared to most similar areas. Private cars are the primary way to get around, with only 5.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people get to work and the limited number of transit stops available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 36.2% have two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hilltops splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.5% of people commuting as a driver. Only 0.1% use public transport, while the number of people working from home rose to 12.2% since 2016, though this is still far below the state figure of 31.0%.
12.2% —
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% —
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 0.47 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 5.27. Weekly departures are also much lower than most areas, at just 5.5 per 1,000 people.
9
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.47
Lower than 79% 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).
5.5
Lower than 76% 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).
27
Higher than 75% of council (lga) 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 Hilltops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13910/hilltops/topic/transport