2.3% ▼ -59.0%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heathcote · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Heathcote
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars is the biggest change for Heathcote since 2011. Most households now own multiple vehicles, with 39.2% having two and 16.7% having three. This reliance on cars is clear in a place where public transport is rare and the drive to the city takes a long 87 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This is a downward trend from 5.5% in 2011, and the majority of households now own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, as only 0.6% of people use public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 16.0% of people work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.0% ▲ +84.0%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 limited here, with only 4 bus routes and 16 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, at just 92.3 compared to 1,267.9.
16
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
92.3
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is much longer than in most areas, taking 87 minutes. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is around 4 minutes, which is typical for this level of area.
4
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
87
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202021029/heathcote/topic/transport