0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Catherine Hill Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Catherine Hill Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Catherine Hill Bay owns a car, marking it as a highly vehicle-dependent area. While public transport infrastructure is relatively high for its size, very few residents actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Over half of all households own two vehicles, and nearly a quarter have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Catherine Hill Bay, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 31.1% of residents doing so—a figure far above the national average. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, while nearly half drive themselves.
31.1% ▲ +309.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 18 public transport stops serving the area, which is among the highest for similar places and far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
19.09
Higher than 92% 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).
301.2
Higher than 75% 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.
Residents have quick access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 83 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
83
Higher than 58% 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 Catherine Hill Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10856/catherine-hill-bay/topic/transport