1.9% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elanora Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elanora Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 42.6% of working residents now work from home in Elanora Heights, far exceeding the national figure of 21%. This strong shift toward remote work defines the local transport landscape, where most people rely on their own cars or avoid commuting entirely. Public transport plays a very small role in the daily routine here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 47.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.9% owning four or more. Only 1.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elanora Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 42.6%, a rate far above the New South Wales average of 31%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 0.8% doing so.
42.6% ▲ +419.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -85.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Bus travel is the only public transport option available here, but it takes 88 minutes to reach the city, which is among the highest times for similar areas. While there are 14 stops, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.06
Higher than 70% 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).
438.6
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
10,874
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
88
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Driving to the city is relatively quick, taking 25 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Elanora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11392/elanora-heights/topic/transport