Cordeaux Heights · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cordeaux Heights

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

Almost every home in Cordeaux Heights has a car, which is essential for daily life in this area. While the suburb has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them to get to work.

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📍 Cordeaux Heights, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 65.9% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

1.4% ▲ +26.9%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cordeaux Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers rely on cars or their own homes, as 50.5% drive and 29.6% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the Australian average of 21.0%.

29.6% ▲ +1180.1%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 29.6%

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

0.4% ▼ -83.0%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Cordeaux Heights, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 29 public transport stops and two routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.

6.50

Higher than 84% 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).

365.9

Higher than 76% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 26 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 73 minutes.

26

Higher than 63% 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.

73

Higher than 52% 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 Cordeaux Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11070/cordeaux-heights/topic/transport