1.8% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Taylors Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Taylors Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 2% of homes lack a car in Taylors Hill, making it a place where most people rely on their own vehicles. While public transport access is better than in many similar areas, the long trip to the city means cars remain the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 47.1% owning two vehicles and 13% owning four or more. Only 1.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Taylors Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (19%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 24.2% work from home, a figure well above the national average. Only 1.8% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national figures.
24.2% ▲ +1030.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
The area has 34 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, it relies entirely on buses, and the 83-minute trip to the city is among the highest for this level.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.21
Higher than 66% 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).
449.1
Higher than 77% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,539
Higher than 73% 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).
58,007
Higher than 68% 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).
83
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can typically walk to their nearest stop in just 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 26 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Taylors Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22473/taylors-hill/topic/transport