2.1% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hill Top · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hill Top
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 40% of homes in Hill Top have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of daily life. Most residents rely on private transport, as very few people use public transit or work from home compared to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 2.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hill Top, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.8% of residents. Those working from home make up 15.0% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
15.0% ▲ +418.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -55.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
While Hill Top has 8 public transport stops and 2 routes—more than most similar areas—service is limited. The 92.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.87
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).
92.4
Higher than 68% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around the area involves a typical 12-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 71 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
71
Higher than 51% 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 Hill Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11912/hill-top/topic/transport