Hynam · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hynam

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

Almost 30% of people working in Hynam do so from home, a rate far higher than the national figure. This reflects a community where private cars are essential and public transport is rarely used for the daily commute.

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📍 Hynam, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Hynam has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for carless households. Most families own multiple cars, with 89.6% of homes having two or more.

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 Hynam, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 30% of workers operate from home, which is far above the South Australian average. No one here uses public transport to get to work, as over half of the workforce drives themselves.

29.5%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 29.5%

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 Hynam, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

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

While Hynam has one bus route and one stop, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. This limited service means the stop is used much less than in other areas.

5.05

Higher than 78% 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).

50.5

Higher than 63% 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.

Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes 53 minutes on average, which is much higher than most similar areas.

53

Higher than 81% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hynam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40618/hynam/topic/transport