7.5% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Huskisson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Huskisson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost three hours of drive time to the city makes Huskisson one of the most remote areas at this level. Residents rely heavily on private cars, though a small number of homes have no vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.5% of Huskisson households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Huskisson, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 58.5% of people as the driver. Nobody here commutes by public transport, and the 17% who work from home is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
17.0% ▲ +154.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
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: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
While Huskisson has more stops and routes than most similar areas, its weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure. All available public transport is provided by buses.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.95
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).
602.4
Higher than 80% 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.
Getting around is challenging, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 28 minutes. This is higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
168
Higher than 93% 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 Huskisson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11973/huskisson/topic/transport