1.0% ▼ -61.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macquarie Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Macquarie Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of car ownership and public transport access than similar areas define Macquarie Hills. Very few households lack a car, with 99% of homes owning at least one vehicle. While transport stops are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 54.1% owning two and 14.6% owning three. Only 1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macquarie Hills, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.2% of people doing so, which is a little above the national figure. However, the majority of workers still drive, as 57% commute by car.
22.2% ▲ +1135.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -33.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
This area has 17 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar places. Despite this, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average.
17
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.
4.72
Higher than 76% 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).
438.0
Higher than 77% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 99 minutes. On a local level, residents are well-placed for transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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 Macquarie Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12443/macquarie-hills/topic/transport