8.9% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cardiff Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cardiff Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport options than most similar areas define Cardiff Heights, though the 13 available stops are all for buses. While the area is well-served, the typical commute to the city takes a long 98 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most households keep two cars, while 30.8% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cardiff Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A quarter of the workforce (25.4%) work from home, which is well above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.4%.
25.4% ▲ +690.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -64.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 access is very high, with 9.39 stops per 1,000 people and 2,817.9 weekly departures, both of which are far above the New South Wales figures.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,817.9
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long 98 minutes, which is higher than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 1 minute.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
98
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality 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 Cardiff Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10809/cardiff-heights/topic/transport