5.3% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Summerhill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Summerhill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport access is much higher than in most similar areas for Summerhill, though the typical trip to the city takes a long time. While many residents rely on cars, the area is well-served by 17 public transport stops. This creates a unique mix where some homes have no car at all, while others face a long drive to the urban centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with 37.2% having one and 35% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Summerhill splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 5.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. The vast majority of workers rely on cars, with 73.1% driving themselves to work.
5.5% ▲ +101.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area has 17 stops and two bus routes, meaning it has more stops than about 86% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.42
Higher than 79% 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).
512.9
Higher than 79% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is 123 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1
Lower 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.
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 Summerhill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Summerhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60653/summerhill/topic/transport