0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hartley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hartley Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the standout fact for Hartley Vale, where every single household owns at least one vehicle. This total reliance on private cars is a key feature of life in this area, which sits far from the city and lacks local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 48.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 32.3% owning three. This means 0% of households are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hartley Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, which 53.7% do as the sole driver. Another 24.4% work from home, a rate well above the national figure of 21.0%, while 0% of the workforce uses public transport.
24.4% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This puts the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 79 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is 107 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
79
Higher than 96% 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.
107
Higher than 73% 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 Hartley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11869/hartley-vale/topic/transport