8.3% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seven Hills · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Seven Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of workers in Seven Hills now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift makes it one of the highest-ranking areas for remote work. While cars remain common, the area has a strong public transport network with more stops and routes than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 8.3% of Seven Hills households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Seven Hills splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged here, rising 37 points since 2011 to reach 39.5%. This is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Around 33.3% of people still drive to work, while 3.6% use public transport.
39.5% ▲ +1883.2%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
Seven Hills is well-connected, with 418 public transport stops and 44 routes, which is more than 82% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the New South Wales figure, with buses making up 93.8% of the services.
418
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.84
Higher than 55% 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).
2,081.5
Higher than 86% 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).
44
Higher than 80% 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 Seven Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10074/seven-hills/topic/transport