0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hardys Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hardys Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 50.4% of workers in Hardys Bay now work from home, which is far above the national figure. This shift helps explain why no one in the area commutes by public transport, despite the town having an unusually high number of bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Hardys Bay has a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national rates for households without a car. Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, and 10.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hardys Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 4 or more (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 50.4% of the workforce doing so—far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. The remaining workers mostly drive, as 0.0% use public transport to get to work.
50.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 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.
The area has 7 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. While weekly bus departures are much higher than most areas, no one can actually reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
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.
30.04
Higher than 97% 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).
1,240.3
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Residents can walk to the nearest stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 73 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
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.
73
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 Hardys Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11859/hardys-bay/topic/transport