2.3% ▼ -85.8%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Castle Hill · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Castle Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 45% of working residents in Castle Hill now work from home, making it one of the most flexible areas for employment. This shift is part of a broader trend toward private transport and remote work, with very few households relying on public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This is a sharp drop from 2011, and most households now own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castle Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 44.9%, a figure far above the state and national averages. Conversely, public transport use for commuting has plummeted to just 1.7%, falling 19 points since 2011.
44.9% ▲ +1431.2%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -91.7%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Infrastructure is plentiful, with 630 public transport stops and 42 routes, making it one of the most accessible areas for transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure, though 97.4% of these services are buses.
630
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.06
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,413.2
Higher than 90% of state electorate 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).
42
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Castle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10016/castle-hill/topic/transport