1.4% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heddon Greta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heddon Greta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership remains the dominant way to get around Heddon Greta, with very few households lacking a vehicle. While public transport infrastructure is relatively high for its size, the vast majority of residents rely on private cars for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with only 1.4% of households having none—a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most homes are well-equipped, as 46.1% have two vehicles and 11.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heddon Greta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.3% of people as the driver. Only 13.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
13.8% ▲ +1273.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -69.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 15 stops and two bus routes, meaning it has more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.29
Higher than 79% 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).
478.2
Higher than 78% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 into the city is a long trip, taking 99 minutes for a typical drive. The walk to the nearest stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
99
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 Heddon Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11895/heddon-greta/topic/transport