Hillston · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hillston

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero public transport stops serve Hillston, making it a place where residents rely almost entirely on their own cars. While most people here own vehicles, a small number of homes have no car at all, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

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📍 Hillston, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 39% of households have two vehicles, and 14.9% have three. However, 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate much higher than most similar areas.

6.5% ▼ -0.7%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 6.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hillston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive or walk to get to work, while only 7.6% work from home. This figure is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.

7.6% ▼ -13.9%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.8% ▲ +231.9%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Hillston, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Car (passenger) is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This is far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hillston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11919/hillston/topic/transport