Hassall Grove - Plumpton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Hassall Grove - Plumpton

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

Nearly 24% of workers in Hassall Grove - Plumpton now work from home, a huge jump from just 1.1% in 2011. This shift comes as the area relies heavily on cars, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Hassall Grove - Plumpton, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have more than one car, with 40.1% owning two. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

3.9% ▼ -9.6%

Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hassall Grove - Plumpton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, while public transport use has fallen sharply from 8.8% in 2011 to 2.1%. The number of people working from home rose by 22 points over the last decade to 23.5%.

23.5% ▲ +2030.4%

Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 23.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.1% ▼ -75.5%

Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Hassall Grove - Plumpton, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 29%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 87 public transport stops, which is more than about 84% of similar areas, though all services are buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are higher than most areas and about the same as the state figure.

87

Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

4.06

Lower than 54% 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).

1,255.5

Higher than 66% 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).

29,788

Higher than 75% 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).

72,994

Higher than 63% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical drive to the city takes 34 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is around 5 minutes, which is about average for its level.

5

Higher than 50% 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.

34

Higher than 62% 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 Hassall Grove - Plumpton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116031315/hassall-grove-plumpton/topic/transport