2.5% ▲ —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawkesbury Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hawkesbury Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 43% of homes in Hawkesbury Heights have two motor vehicles, making private cars the dominant way to get around. The area is heavily reliant on driving, as no one uses public transport to get to work. Instead, about 30% of the workforce works from home, a figure well above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 12.6% of households owning four or more vehicles. Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawkesbury Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Zero people use public transport for their commute, while 30.3% work from home. This working-from-home rate is about the same as the state average but well above the Australian figure of 21%.
30.3% ▲ +637.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
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: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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 15 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, these services are all buses and are used by very few people, with no one able to reach other residents within 45 minutes by transit.
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.
14.96
Higher than 90% 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).
523.5
Higher than 79% 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).
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. However, the drive time to the city is 57 minutes, which is around the middle for similar 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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 Hawkesbury Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11879/hawkesbury-heights/topic/transport