5.7% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hindmarsh · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Hindmarsh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport to get to work in Hindmarsh compared to the rest of the state. Most residents rely on private cars, with 59.5% of workers driving themselves. This trend is reflected in the area's limited transport infrastructure and a high reliance on home-based work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 34% of homes have two vehicles and 31.1% have one. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hindmarsh splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in most similar areas, though at 14.3% it remains well below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is very low at 0.1%, which is much lower than most areas.
14.3% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.1%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 access is far below the Victorian average, with only 2.28 stops per 1,000 people. The local network is small, consisting of 5 routes and 13 stops, with buses making up 93.3% of all services.
13
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.28
Lower than 60% 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).
20.9
Lower than 61% 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).
5
Lower than 55% 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 Hindmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22980/hindmarsh/topic/transport