0.0% → —
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.
Black Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Black Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher vehicle ownership than most similar areas defines Black Hill, where every single household owns a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, with a typical home keeping three or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Black Hill has a car, which is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales homes without one. About 33.3% of homes have four or more vehicles, while 28.7% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Black Hill splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (33%) and 3 vehicles (28%), with 2 vehicles at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers here drive their own car, though 24.2% work from home, which is well above the national figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport, a result well below the Australian average.
24.2% ▲ +199.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 5.81 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a little above the state average, with all services provided by buses. However, weekly departures are far below New South Wales levels.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.81
Higher than 81% 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).
29.1
Higher than 60% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 98 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is also more difficult than in most areas, taking about 22 minutes on foot.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
98
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality 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 Black Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10384/black-hill/topic/transport