Richmond Hill · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Richmond Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Very few people in Richmond Hill (L) get around without a car. Almost every household owns at least one vehicle, and nearly half of the homes have two, making the car the essential way to navigate daily life here.

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📍 Richmond Hill, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 16.2% owning four or more vehicles.

1.9% ▼ -12.9%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 1.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Richmond Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (18%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, while 59.8% drive themselves. Working from home has become more common, rising to 18.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 31.0%.

18.2% ▲ +104.8%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Richmond Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

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 Richmond Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121098/richmond-hill/topic/transport