McKees Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in McKees Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

High vehicle ownership is a defining feature of McKees Hill, where every single home has at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work, with the vast majority driving or working from home.

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📍 McKees Hill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in McKees Hill lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, with 38.1% owning two vehicles and 19.6% owning four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In McKees Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 4 or more (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.8% of workers as the driver. This explains why 0.0% of the population uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.

12.5%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 12.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In McKees Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 6 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far above the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below.

20.34

Higher than 92% 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).

386.4

Higher than 76% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of 5 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.

5

Lower than 68% 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.

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 McKees Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12553/mckees-hill/topic/transport