1.6% ▲ +61.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Red Hill South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Red Hill South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars have become the essential lifeline for Red Hill South, where almost no one uses public transport. This reliance on vehicles is clear, with nearly half of all homes owning at least two cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 48.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.8% owning four or more. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Red Hill South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular, with 38.9% of the workforce doing so, a figure far above the Victoria average of 25.7%. Those who do travel mostly drive, as 0% of the population uses public transport to get to work.
38.9% ▲ +194.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 38.9%
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: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the state average, leaving no one able to reach others via transit within 45 minutes.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult, with a 76-minute walk to the nearest stop, among the highest for similar areas. The typical drive time to the city is 67 minutes.
76
Higher than 94% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Red Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22149/red-hill-south/topic/transport