4.6% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chillingham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chillingham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Chillingham compared to the rest of the country, where the local rate of 3.6% is far below the national figure of 21%. While the area has a high number of transport stops, almost everyone relies on a private car to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.5% owning two and 23% owning three. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chillingham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.3% of people as the driver. No one in the area commutes by public transport, and the number of people working from home is among the lowest for similar areas.
3.6% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
Chillingham has 8 public transport stops and one bus route, which is far above the state average for stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the New South Wales figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
35.09
Higher 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).
70.2
Higher than 65% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Chillingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10903/chillingham/topic/transport