5.1% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Richmond Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Richmond Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily life in Richmond Hill relies heavily on cars, with 64.1% of workers driving to their jobs. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the area lacks any public transport routes or stops. This creates a stark contrast where a small number of residents still use public transport despite no local services being available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas, but it is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Richmond Hill splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 3.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. While 64.1% of workers drive, 6.2% walk to their jobs, and 3.4% use public transport.
3.8% ▲ +55.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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).
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)).
More for Richmond Hill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Richmond Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32426/richmond-hill/topic/transport