Hill River · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hill River

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 40% of homes in Hill River have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This is a very car-dependent area where 36.4% of workers operate from home, a figure far above the national average.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Hill River has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. In fact, 78.6% of households own three or more vehicles.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hill River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 36.4%, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. No one uses public transport to get to work.

36.4% —

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 36.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Hill River, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per person are far below the state figure.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 105 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

105

Higher than 72% 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)).
  • 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 Hill River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40590/hill-river/topic/transport