6.3% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heatherbrae · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heatherbrae
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Heatherbrae drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has an impressive number of public transport options, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 6.3% of households have no vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas, even if it is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heatherbrae, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 2.0% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is far below the 31.0% of New South Wales residents who worked from home, with only 13.0% of Heatherbrae residents doing so.
13.0% ▲ +105.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 here, with 21.41 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure of 5.27. All of the area's public transport services are provided by buses.
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.
21.41
Higher than 93% 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).
2,466.4
Higher than 94% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes about 103 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop is just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
103
Higher than 71% 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 Heatherbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11891/heatherbrae/topic/transport