3.1% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hamlyn Terrace · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hamlyn Terrace
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most residents of Hamlyn Terrace rely on their own cars for daily travel, with very few using public transport. Only 3.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average, highlighting how essential a car is for getting around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 44.1% of homes having two vehicles and 13.8% owning three. Only 3.1% of households have no vehicle, which is much lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hamlyn Terrace, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 53.8% of people being the driver. While 20.1% work from home—about the same as the national figure—only 0.8% of workers use public transport.
20.1% ▲ +443.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -77.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area has 48 public transport stops and 15 routes, which is among the largest for its level. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
48
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.48
Higher than 79% 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).
762.9
Higher than 83% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
20,051
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. A drive to the city typically takes 72 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Hamlyn Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11850/hamlyn-terrace/topic/transport