4.1% ▼ -57.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Red Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Red Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in Red Hill drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While most households own at least one vehicle, the area is well-served by public transport and is just an 8-minute drive from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two motor vehicles. Only 4.1% of households have no car, which is a little below the territory figure of 5.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Red Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 15% of people work from home, which is well above the territory average of 10.9%. Only 2.9% of workers use public transport, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
15.0% ▲ +146.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 mostly bus-based here, with 18 stops and 3 routes, both of which are more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the territory figure.
18
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.
5.72
Higher than 80% 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).
939.9
Higher than 86% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
3,146
Lower than 52% 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).
28,987
Higher than 55% 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).
54
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is quick, with a typical drive time of only 8 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also easier than in most areas, taking just 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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)).
- 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Red Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80112/red-hill/topic/transport