0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hilldene · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hilldene
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport options than in most similar areas, making Hilldene stand out for its access. However, cars remain the primary way to get around, with almost every home owning at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 46.8% owning two and 19.8% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hilldene, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.9% of residents. While 22.5% work from home—a figure a little above the Australian average—no one in the area commutes using public transport.
22.5% ▲ +137.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Hilldene has 12.12 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure of 4.41. Despite this high number of stops, weekly departures are far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.12
Higher than 88% 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).
509.1
Higher than 78% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop takes 88 minutes on average, which is among the highest for its level. For those heading to the city, the typical drive time is 81 minutes.
88
Higher than 99% 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.
81
Higher than 57% 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 Hilldene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21191/hilldene/topic/transport