0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hawson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total lack of public transport options defines Hawson, where not a single resident uses these services to get to work. The area relies almost entirely on private cars, with 70% of households owning three or more vehicles to manage their travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Hawson has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for households without a car. Most homes are heavily equipped, with 40% having three vehicles and 30% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawson, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 2 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone relies on cars, as 74.1% of workers drive themselves and 5.2% walk. While 12.1% of people work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.
12.1% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 non-existent here, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the South Australian average of nearly five stops per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transit is extremely limited, with the walk to the nearest stop taking 84 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level of area.
84
Higher than 99% 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
- 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Hawson
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40573/hawson/topic/transport