5.3% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawker · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Hawker
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 12-minute drive to the city makes Hawker a very accessible place. Most households rely on cars, though a growing number of people now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is roughly the same as the ACT figure. The most common setup is two cars per home, seen in 38.4% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hawker splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.0%. This is a little above the ACT average, though it remains well below the national figure.
13.0% ▲ +224.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
Hawker has 6.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, it only has bus routes, and the number of weekly departures is well below the ACT average.
21
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.98
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).
1,089.1
Higher than 60% 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,803
Lower than 87% 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).
26,944
Lower than 64% 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).
61
Higher than 55% 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.
The area is very close to the city, with a drive time of just 12 minutes. It also takes a typical resident about 4 minutes to walk to their nearest stop.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
12
Lower than 83% 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 Hawker
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011013/hawker/topic/transport