8.1% ▲ +397.1%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hillston · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Hillston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Hillston use public transport for work than in most similar areas. While most residents rely on cars, there is a surprising trend toward non-car options in this small town.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of homes have two vehicles, and 8.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This lack of car access is much higher than in most similar areas and has risen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hillston splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 2.2% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 3.6% of the workforce works from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
3.6% ▲ +436.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ +221.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hillston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115081/hillston/topic/transport