6.5% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hamilton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people use public transport for their daily commute in Hamilton, with only 0.1% doing so. While the town has a high number of transit stops and routes, most residents rely on their own cars to get around. This is further reflected in the fact that very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have either one or two vehicles, with 37% owning one and 35.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, and at 7.8%, the share of people working from home is far below the national figure. Instead, 68.4% of workers drive themselves to work.
7.8% ▲ +117.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -81.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Hamilton has 73 public transport stops and 7 routes, meaning there are more stops per person than in most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
73
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.06
Higher than 86% 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).
322.3
Higher than 75% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transit is convenient for some, as the walking time to the nearest stop is among the lowest for areas of this type.
0
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.
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21129/hamilton/topic/transport