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.
Sheep Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sheep Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long walk to the nearest stop defines the daily commute in Sheep Hills, where residents rely on very few transit options. While there are more stops per person than in most areas, the typical walk to reach one takes 61 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 40%, ahead of 4 or more (40%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sheep Hills splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (36%) and 4 or more (36%), with 2 vehicles at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 40%, ahead of Worked at home (20%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 74 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victoria figure of 4.41. However, there is only one bus route and the weekly number of departures is far below the state average.
74.07
Higher 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).
481.5
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.
Getting to a stop on foot is a challenge here, as the 61-minute walk to the nearest one is much higher than in most areas.
61
Higher than 86% 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
- 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 Sheep Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22270/sheep-hills/topic/transport