27.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Hiamdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hiamdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Hiamdale than in most similar areas, with 27.3% of the workforce doing so. This reflects a remote setting where there are no public transport options and the drive to the city takes a very long 148 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 120%, ahead of 4 or more (50%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hiamdale, 2 vehicles is the majority at 60%; 4 or more is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 27.3% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. With no one using public transport to commute, most residents rely on cars, either as drivers or passengers.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Travel times are significant here, with the drive to the city taking 148 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
148
Higher than 89% 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 Hiamdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21182/hiamdale/topic/transport