1.8% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hillside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Hillside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Hillside get by without a car, with only 1.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area much more reliant on private transport than the state or national average. Most residents use cars to get around, while public transport plays a smaller role in daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, and only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Over 40% of households own two vehicles, and another 15.4% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hillside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 57.1% as the primary driver, while 20.9% work from home. Only 2% of the workforce use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the state average.
20.9% —
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Higher than 51% 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are limited, with only 4 routes and 2.78 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the state figure of 4.41. All available transit is via bus, and the trip to the city takes a very long time—around 89 minutes.
45
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.78
Lower than 72% 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).
599.1
Lower than 58% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,182
Higher than 51% 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).
67,812
Higher than 61% 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).
89
Higher than 99% 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.
Driving to the city typically takes 24 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. Residents generally have a 5-minute walk to their nearest transport stop.
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.
24
Lower than 52% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041575/hillside/topic/transport