1.3% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hunterview · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hunterview
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in car ownership separates Hunterview from the rest of the country, as only 1.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Reliance on private cars is a defining feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 47.3% having two vehicles and 17.7% having three. This high level of ownership is reflected in the very small number of homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hunterview, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.7% of people. Only 11.3% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and just 0.2% use public transport.
11.3% ▲ +564.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -44.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
There are 16 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 154.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
16
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.
5.14
Higher than 78% 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).
154.5
Higher than 72% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is 126 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Hunterview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11962/hunterview/topic/transport