5.0% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hamlyn Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hamlyn Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short two-minute walk to a stop is the norm for many in Hamlyn Heights, where public transport access is much better than in most similar areas. While car use remains the dominant way to get around, the area has a high number of transport routes and stops available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.6% owning two vehicles. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hamlyn Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.8% of residents. About 19.2% work from home, which is well below the Victorian average, while 1.3% use public transport.
19.2% ▲ +671.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -57.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 well served by 32 stops and 7 routes, putting it in the top 9% of similar areas. All services are buses, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Victorian figure.
32
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.
4.91
Higher than 77% 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).
989.1
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very quick, with a typical walk time of just two minutes. The drive time to the city is 49 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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)).
- 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 Hamlyn Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21130/hamlyn-heights/topic/transport