3.9% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hurstville Grove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hurstville Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High rates of remote work and strong transit links set Hurstville Grove apart from most similar areas. Nearly 44% of the workforce now works from home, a figure far above the national average. While most households rely on cars, the area is exceptionally well-served by public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.8% owning two. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hurstville Grove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 43.7% of workers doing so—far above the Australian average of 21%. Very few people use public transport to commute, with only 1.9% doing so.
43.7% ▲ +1016.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -85.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 access is a strong point, with 5.76 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state figure. The area is served by two bus routes, providing access to over 140,000 people within 45 minutes.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.76
Higher than 81% 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).
1,219.1
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
37,853
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).
141,516
Higher than 86% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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.
It is very easy to access transit here, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest in the region. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
0
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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11972/hurstville-grove/topic/transport