2.6% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Hughes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Port Hughes relies on a car to get around. With no public transport options available, residents depend on private vehicles for all their travel needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with half of all homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Hughes, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to reach work, with 68.3% of people as the driver. While 10.3% work from home, no one uses public transport to commute, which is well below the state average.
10.3% ▲ +150.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This puts the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the South Australian figure.
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.
Daily travel is a long commitment, with a 113-minute drive to the city. This isolation is clear, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 47 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
47
Higher than 78% 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.
113
Higher than 77% 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 Port Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41198/port-hughes/topic/transport