2.7% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Huberts Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Huberts Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward flexible work is clear in St Huberts Island, where 35.4% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, almost no one uses them to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 46.5% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Huberts Island, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend, with 35.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the state average. In contrast, 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average.
35.4% ▲ +431.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 13 public transport stops and two routes, with 12.04 stops per 1,000 people being far above the New South Wales figure. Despite these high numbers, no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.04
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).
2,563.9
Higher than 95% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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).
More for St Huberts Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in St Huberts Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13653/st-huberts-island/topic/transport