1.8% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hillarys · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Hillarys
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Hillarys own two motor vehicles, making the car the dominant way to get around. While car use is very high, 13% of the workforce now works from home, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 47% of homes having two vehicles and 17.5% owning three. Only 1.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state figure of 5% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hillarys, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 13% now work from home, which is well above the state average of 7.5%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.0% ▲ +183.0%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 depends entirely on buses, with 53 stops across the area. However, the 71-minute trip to the city is higher than most areas, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
53
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.73
Higher than 57% 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).
901.1
Higher than 54% 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,200
Lower than 66% 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).
21,393
Lower than 70% 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).
71
Higher than 73% 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.
Hillarys is very convenient for local access, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 18 minutes, also lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
18
Lower than 66% 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).
More for Hillarys
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hillarys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505011075/hillarys/topic/transport