1.8% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orchard Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Orchard Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.8% of homes in Orchard Hills have no motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars defines the area, where the vast majority of households own multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 32.9% of homes owning four or more vehicles. About 30.3% have two vehicles and 20.7% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Orchard Hills splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (32%) and 2 vehicles (30%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 28.7% of residents, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%.
28.7% ▲ +299.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -80.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area has 19 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. However, all services are buses, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
19
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.
10.57
Higher than 88% 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).
1,052.8
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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Orchard Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13106/orchard-hills/topic/transport