8.1% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hamilton East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hamilton East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Hamilton East than in most similar areas, with 35.4% of the workforce doing so. This shift is reflected in the local transport patterns, where a huge portion of the working population avoids a daily commute entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least one car, though 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hamilton East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, far above the national figure of 21.0%. Conversely, no one in this area commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian average.
35.4% ▲ +599.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 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.
Access to transit is strong with 13 different routes and 7 stops. This provides 7.02 stops per 1,000 people, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.02
Higher than 86% 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).
1,325.0
Higher than 88% 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).
13
Higher than 86% 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 stop is very quick, with a typical walk of only one minute, which is much lower than in most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
103
Higher than 71% 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 Hamilton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11846/hamilton-east/topic/transport