7.8% ▲ +306.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hastings Point · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single resident of Hastings Point used public transport to get to work in 2021. This small area relies heavily on private travel and home-based work, with 16.3% of the workforce now working from home.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This last figure is much higher than in most similar areas and has risen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
7.8% ▲ +306.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Hastings Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 65%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
How people travel to work.
Nearly 60% of workers drive to their jobs, while 16.3% work from home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. The number of people working from home rose 11 percentage points since 2011, while those using public transport fell to 0.0%.
16.3% ▲ +201.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hastings Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121050/hastings-point/topic/transport