12.7% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hillsdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hillsdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Hillsdale than in most similar areas, with 12.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. The area is highly connected, with a short 12-minute drive to the city and excellent public transport links.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most homes that do own a car have just one, accounting for 55.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hillsdale, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 23.9%, which is a little above the Australian average of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas, at 5.7%.
23.9% ▲ +3555.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% ▼ -71.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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.
Hillsdale has more public transport routes and stops than most similar areas, with 6 of each. While the number of stops per person is far below the state figure, weekly departures are much higher than most areas.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.06
Higher than 61% 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).
1,149.5
Higher than 87% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
49,110
Higher than 87% 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).
148,311
Higher than 86% 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).
57
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 12 minutes which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have quick access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes.
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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Hillsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11918/hillsdale/topic/transport