3.8% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hinchinbrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hinchinbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty public transport stops make Hinchinbrook one of the best-served areas at this level. This high level of access supports a community where only 3.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households rely on cars, with 39.5% owning two vehicles and 19.7% owning three. Very few homes go without a car, which is much lower than the 7.4% seen across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hinchinbrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drive to work, while 23.3% work from home, a rate a little above the national figure. Only 1.2% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national rates.
23.3% ▲ +1206.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -78.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
The area is well connected with eight different routes and weekly departures that are much higher than most similar areas. However, the 3.47 stops per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.47
Higher than 71% 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).
1,048.4
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
43,919
Higher than 86% 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).
75,192
Higher than 73% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively quick with a 34-minute drive time. Residents also have easy access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Hinchinbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11922/hinchinbrook/topic/transport