4.6% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hawks Nest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of workers in Hawks Nest drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the area has a very low rate of public transport use compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own a car, with 47.4% having one vehicle and 36.1% having two. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawks Nest, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport. Instead, 45.3% drive to work and 22.2% work from home, which is a little above the national figure.
22.2% ▲ +260.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 limited to two bus routes and four stops. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.83
Higher than 69% 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).
34.7
Higher than 61% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/transport