Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Forty-three percent of workers in Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work sits alongside a strong reliance on private cars and a high number of public transport stops throughout the area.

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📍 Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here get by without a car; only 1.5% have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 44.4% owning exactly two.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is incredibly common at 43.3%, which is far above the 21% national figure. Those who do travel for work mostly drive, while only 1.7% use public transport, a figure slightly below the Australian average.

1.7%

Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills, Worked at home is the majority at 52%; Car (driver) is next at 42%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area is well served with 108 stops and 26 routes, giving it a much higher number of stops per person than most areas. Despite this, the 74-minute trip to the city is much longer than in most other places.

108

Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

6.14

Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

4,247.5

Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

34,982

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

147,968

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

74

Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Residents enjoy a short 2-minute walk to their nearest stop, which is lower than in most areas. However, the 31-minute drive to the city is higher than the typical time for most places.

2

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

31

Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/115041625/rouse-hill-beaumont-hills/topic/transport