Bald Hills · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bald Hills

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost half of all homes in Bald Hills have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there is no public transport available in the area and very few people work from home compared to the national figure.

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📍 Bald Hills, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 47.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.8% owning four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bald Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 67.9% being the driver and 6.5% traveling as a passenger. Those working from home make up 13.7% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 31%.

13.7% ▲ +62.0%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 13.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Bald Hills, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes available in Bald Hills. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transit stop is a challenge in this area, with a typical walk of 50 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

50

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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 Bald Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10148/bald-hills/topic/transport