0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hickeys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hickeys Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car marks a stark contrast to the rest of New South Wales in Hickeys Creek. This reliance on private travel is a key feature of the area, where almost every household owns multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Hickeys Creek has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Over half of all homes have two cars, and about 24% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hickeys Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drives to work, and a small 8.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to their job.
8.3% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While Hickeys Creek has more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure. The only available service is the bus.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.63
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).
78.1
Higher than 66% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 20 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
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).
More for Hickeys Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hickeys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11906/hickeys-creek/topic/transport