Hazelwood · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hazelwood

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

Nearly 38% of Hazelwood households keep two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. This is a place where almost every home has a car and public transport is not used at all.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Hazelwood has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most homes have multiple cars, with 29.2% owning three and 18.1% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hazelwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, while 23.4% of people work from home. This is a little above the Australian average, though 66% of residents still rely on driving themselves to work.

23.4% ▲ +36.1%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 23.4%

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 Hazelwood, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Hazelwood. This means weekly departures per person are far below the Victorian average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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.

Getting around is a challenge without a car, as it takes 82 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 101 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

82

Higher than 98% 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.

101

Higher than 70% 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 Hazelwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21155/hazelwood/topic/transport