1.7% ▼ -60.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Holmesville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Holmesville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Holmesville relies on a car to get around, with only 1.7% of households having no motor vehicle. This high dependency on driving is seen in the local workforce, as no one uses public transport to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 58.6% of homes own three or more vehicles. Very few households lack a car, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Holmesville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, with 64.9% of people driving. Only 11.7% of people work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
11.7% ▲ +602.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport infrastructure is surprisingly strong, with 19 stops and three routes. The 13.45 stops per 1,000 people is far above the state average, though all services are provided by buses.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.45
Higher than 89% 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).
1,485.5
Higher than 89% 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.
A typical five-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 90 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Holmesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11931/holmesville/topic/transport