12.8% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mays Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mays Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 43% of workers in Mays Hill work from home, a figure far above the national average. This makes remote work the most common way people manage their jobs in the area, though many residents also rely on a strong bus network to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales and national figures. Most households have one car, while 26.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mays Hill, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 43.3%, far above the New South Wales figure. Around 4.2% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little above the national rate.
43.3% ▲ +1655.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -70.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Mays Hill has five public transport stops and three routes, which is more than most similar areas. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, weekly departures are much higher than most areas.
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.
2.63
Higher than 68% 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).
1,411.1
Higher than 88% 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).
74,608
Higher than 88% 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).
160,310
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).
61
Higher than 58% 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.
Getting into the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 19 minutes. Residents also live very close to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
19
Lower 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)).
- 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 Mays Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12548/mays-hill/topic/transport