2.5% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury than the national average, with 43.1% doing so. This region is heavily reliant on cars and has a very low rate of households without a vehicle. While public transport access is high, very few residents use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, at just 2.5%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 42.7% having two and 15.7% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 43.1% since 2011, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting has fallen to 1.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
43.1% ▲ +604.3%
Higher than 96% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -77.5%
Lower than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Access to public transport is strong, with 6.69 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures well above the state average. The network is almost entirely based on buses, which make up 97% of the available modes.
1,768
Higher than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.69
Higher than 94% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,996.8
Higher than 88% of region (sa4) 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).
65
Lower than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/115/sydney-baulkham-hills-and-hawkesbury/topic/transport