2.5% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Hills Shire · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in The Hills Shire
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in The Hills Shire than in most other areas, with 45.3% of the workforce doing so. This preference for home-based work is a key feature of the local landscape, alongside a very high level of car ownership.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, as only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own at least two cars, with 43.8% having exactly two and another 25% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Hills Shire, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 45.3% since 2011, a figure far above the national average of 21%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work have fallen sharply over the last decade to just 2.0%.
45.3% ▲ +726.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -76.6%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
The area has a high density of services, with 60 routes and 1,210 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though the network relies almost entirely on buses, which make up 97% of the modes available.
1,210
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.31
Higher than 86% 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).
2,241.8
Higher than 93% 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).
60
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes about 41 minutes to drive to the city, a middle-of-the-road time for areas of this type. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 64 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
64
Higher than 88% of council (lga) 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.
41
Lower than 56% 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 The Hills Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17420/the-hills-shire/topic/transport