4.3% ▼ -38.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hazelbrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hazelbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the most common way to get around Hazelbrook, with 41.9% of workers using a car to commute. However, the area has a very high rate of people working from home, which is far above the national figure. This blend of car reliance and remote work defines how people move in the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Hazelbrook have at least one car, with 37.7% owning two. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hazelbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.4% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian figure. While 1.6% of people use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
33.4% ▲ +509.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -81.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Hazelbrook has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most areas, with 28 stops in total. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.52
Higher than 80% 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).
419.5
Higher than 77% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,445
Higher than 61% 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).
17,873
Lower than 53% 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 quick, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 61 minutes, placing the suburb around the middle for its level.
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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Hazelbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11888/hazelbrook/topic/transport