Hazelwood South · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hazelwood South

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

Every single home in Hazelwood South has a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national average. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area's layout and daily movement.

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📍 Hazelwood South, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households keep multiple cars, with 43.3% having two and over 21% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hazelwood South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.7% of workers as the driver. Those who work from home make up 16.2% of the workforce, which is well below the 21% national average.

16.2% ▲ +322.7%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 16.2%

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: 1.9%
  • 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 South, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes available here. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for stop frequency and weekly departures.

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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).

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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 the walk to the nearest stop takes 46 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

46

Higher than 77% 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.

104

Higher than 71% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21157/hazelwood-south/topic/transport