Rileys Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Rileys Hill

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

A massive gap in transport habits separates Rileys Hill from the rest of the country, where almost every home owns a car. While the state average for homes without a vehicle is 9.2%, not a single household in Rileys Hill is without one.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 40.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 27.3% having three. This explains why the 0.0% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 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 Rileys Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.8% of people acting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.9%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

6.9% ▼ -45.3%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 6.9%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Rileys Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 91%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 4 public transport stops, which is more than about 76% of similar areas. However, the 110.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

22.10

Higher than 93% 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).

110.5

Higher than 70% 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.

Residents typically walk for 7 minutes to reach the nearest public transport stop, a result that is around the middle for its level.

7

Lower than 61% 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 Rileys Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13379/rileys-hill/topic/transport