11.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Hindmarsh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hindmarsh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long drive of 123 minutes to the city defines the remote nature of Hindmarsh. This sparsely populated area relies almost entirely on private cars for travel, as there are no public transport routes or stops available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 33%, ahead of 3 vehicles (22%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hindmarsh, 2 vehicles is the majority at 60%; 3 vehicles is next at 40%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in Hindmarsh uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 38.2% of workers drive themselves and 11.8% work from home, a rate that is well above the Western Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 and zero routes. This is far below the Western Australian average for service access.
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.
Getting around is dominated by the car, as the typical trip to the city takes 123 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
123
Higher than 82% 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).
More for Hindmarsh
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hindmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50642/hindmarsh/topic/transport