4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Hume · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hume
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport options in Hume have remained limited since 2011, with a heavy reliance on a single bus route. While the area has a high number of stops per person, it is still a 25-minute walk to the nearest one for many.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 71%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hume, 3 vehicles is the majority at 100%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Walked at 40%, ahead of Car (driver) (30%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Hume has 10.13 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the ACT figure of 5.72. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the territory average at 587.3.
10.13
Higher than 87% 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).
587.3
Higher than 80% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
395
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
395
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is just 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 25 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Hume
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80077/hume/topic/transport