21.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hurstville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Hurstville than in most other areas, with 21.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reliance on other options is supported by a massive public transport network and very short trip times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 21.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 47.4% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hurstville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and No vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 14.8% of workers, a figure far above the national average of 3.1%. Working from home is also common at 28.2%, which is well above the Australian average.
28.2% ▲ +1327.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.8% ▼ -51.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Hurstville is one of the best-connected areas for transit, with 26 routes and 125 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, meaning 1,725.6 services are available.
125
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.01
Higher than 73% 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).
1,725.6
Higher than 90% 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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
43,828
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).
269,647
Higher than 88% 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).
50
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is convenient here, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 21 minutes, which is much lower than in most other 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11971/hurstville/topic/transport