0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hilldale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hilldale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Overwhelmingly reliant on private cars, Hilldale is a place where almost every home owns a vehicle to manage the long trip into the city. While public transport options exist, the typical commute is a long one, with a 136-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Hilldale has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without one. Most households are well-equipped, with 66.6% of homes owning either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hilldale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (34%), with 4 or more at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, though 21.9% of people work from home, which is about the same as the national figure. No one here uses public transport for their daily commute, a result that is well below the Australian average.
21.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are 10.36 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, this access is limited in practice, as the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
10.36
Higher than 87% 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).
321.2
Higher than 75% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 is shaped by distance, as it takes 136 minutes to drive to the city, much higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
136
Higher than 87% 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 Hilldale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11913/hilldale/topic/transport