2.3% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Emu Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Emu Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars than the state average makes Emu Heights a highly vehicle-dependent area. While most residents rely on cars, nearly 30% of the workforce now operates from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages. Most households have at least two cars, with 43.4% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Emu Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 29.6% of the workforce doing so—well above the national average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.3%.
29.6% ▲ +966.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -78.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area has 23 public transport stops, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, despite having more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, the number of weekly departures is well below the New South Wales figure.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.18
Higher than 86% 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).
979.4
Higher than 86% 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).
13,914
Lower than 55% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Emu Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11420/emu-heights/topic/transport