6.5% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hamilton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Hamilton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Hamilton, with only 0.1% of the workforce doing so. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, though the area has a high number of bus stops relative to the population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 37% of homes have one vehicle and 35.9% have two. Only 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is now a little below the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 68.4% as the driver and 5% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 7.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21%, though this has risen since 2011.
7.8% ▲ +117.6%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -81.3%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 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.
Hamilton has 73 public transport stops and 7 routes, meaning there are 7.06 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. However, the 322.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
73
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.06
Higher than 83% 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).
322.3
Lower than 69% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transit stop is easy for many, as the walking time is among the lowest for similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217011421/hamilton/topic/transport