4.3% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hillcrest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops and routes now serve Hillcrest, making it better connected than most similar areas. While most people still rely on cars, the area has a strong bus network with 23 stops across seven routes. This provides a useful alternative for the 3.4% of workers who commute via public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.8% owning two vehicles. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hillcrest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 69.9% of residents. Very few people work from home here at 7.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.9% ▲ +344.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 accessible with 3.67 stops per 1,000 people, slightly above the Queensland figure. However, the 81-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.67
Higher than 72% 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).
691.6
Higher than 82% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,832
Higher than 57% 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).
8,832
Lower than 60% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
It is relatively easy to reach the nearest stop, with a typical 5-minute walk. The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31338/hillcrest/topic/transport