5.3% ▼ -57.9%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hammond · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Hammond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Hammond compared to most other areas. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 5.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This reflects a community where private transport is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The vast majority of homes own at least one car, and 35.4% have two. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen significantly since 2011, dropping from 12.6% to 5.3%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hammond splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.1% of people as the driver. Only 0.5% use public transport, which is well below the South Australian figure and a sharp drop from 10% in 2011.
8.1% ▲ +150.6%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -94.8%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 very limited here, with only 2.84 stops per 1,000 people, far below the state average. Weekly departures are also much lower than in other areas, and the service is almost entirely buses.
105
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.84
Lower than 83% 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).
51.9
Lower than 95% 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).
36
Higher than 71% 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 Hammond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40020/hammond/topic/transport