19.3% ▲ +156.8%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Summer Hill · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Summer Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all working residents in Summer Hill now work from home, making it a hub for remote employment. This shift is part of a larger trend toward car-free living, with nearly one in five homes having no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 19.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is one of the highest proportions in the region, and the number of car-free households has risen 12 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Summer Hill, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people get to work here, at 49.1%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state average, having risen to 6.4% since 2011.
49.1% ▲ +1382.2%
Higher than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▲ +318.7%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
Summer Hill has 1,895.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas and well above the state figure. While the number of stops per person is lower than the state average, the area has 43 different public transport routes.
269
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.32
Lower than 76% 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).
1,895.4
Higher than 82% 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).
43
Higher than 79% 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 Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10078/summer-hill/topic/transport