0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hexham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hexham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of working residents in Hexham work from home, a figure far above the national average. This heavy reliance on home-based work is mirrored in the town's high car ownership and very low use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Hexham has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for car-less households. More than 60% of homes own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hexham splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (27%), with 1 vehicle at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 40% of people drive to work and 38.6% work from home, nobody in the area commutes using public transport. This puts Hexham well below the state and national averages for transit use.
38.6% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 38.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 15.38 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, with only bus services available.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.38
Higher than 90% 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).
30.8
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 stop is a slow process here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 22 minutes. This is higher than in most similar areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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).
More for Hexham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hexham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21178/hexham/topic/transport