7.5% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pyramid Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pyramid Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport access than most similar areas define Pyramid Hill, although actual use remains very low. While the town has more stops and routes than many similar places, almost no one uses them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pyramid Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.1% of residents, while 10.1% walk. No one commutes by public transport, and the 11.0% who work from home is far below the national figure.
11.0% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
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.
Pyramid Hill has 3 public transport routes and 2 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 56.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
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.
3.34
Higher than 71% 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).
56.9
Higher than 64% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 the nearest stop takes a long time, with a 44-minute walk, which is much higher than most areas.
44
Higher than 76% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Pyramid Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22130/pyramid-hill/topic/transport