1.8% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hornsby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hornsby Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a defining feature of daily life in Hornsby Heights, where 44.7% of residents do so. This is far above the national figure of 21%, meaning nearly half the workforce avoids a daily commute. Most households rely heavily on cars, and very few people use public transport for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle—well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and another 22.6% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hornsby Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 44.7% of people work from home—far above the state and national averages—another 34.1% drive themselves to work. Only 2.4% of the workforce uses public transport, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
44.7% ▲ +686.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -70.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 has 55 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for its level. While bus services are frequent—with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the state average—zero people can reach other areas within 45 minutes via transit.
55
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.
8.66
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).
2,368.7
Higher than 94% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The drive to the city takes about 31 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 10 minutes.
10
Lower 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Hornsby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11944/hornsby-heights/topic/transport