10.2% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Hurstville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport is a major part of daily life in South Hurstville, where a high number of residents avoid owning a car. Roughly 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.2% of homes here do not have a motor vehicle, a figure a little above the New South Wales and Australian averages. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 41.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Hurstville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.8% of residents doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Those who do commute use public transport at a rate of 4.7%, which is among the highest for areas of this size.
33.8% ▲ +1529.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 is very well connected with 24 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than about 90% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state average, and the local network consists entirely of buses.
24
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.
4.60
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).
1,651.4
Higher than 90% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
53,735
Higher than 87% 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).
224,731
Higher than 87% 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).
51
Lower than 62% 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 around is easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. A drive to the city takes 20 minutes, also much lower than typical for similar places.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 South Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13603/south-hurstville/topic/transport