3.2% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Baulkham Hills · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Baulkham Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Baulkham Hills than in almost any other similar area, with 47.7% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of remote work sits alongside a strong reliance on cars and a large number of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here get by without a car, as only 3.2% have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Baulkham Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 47.7% since 2011, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work fell 8.2 points over the same period to just 2.3%.
47.7% ▲ +851.3%
Higher than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -77.8%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
The area has a high level of service with 881 stops and 41 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, with buses making up 96.4% of the network.
881
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.69
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,346.2
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
41
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 5 minutes. For those commuting to the city, the usual drive time is 27 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
27
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- 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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11501/baulkham-hills/topic/transport