2.2% ▼ -38.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Helensburgh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Helensburgh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-five per cent of homes in Helensburgh have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. While most residents rely on cars, a huge 32.2% of the workforce now works from home, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home owns at least one car, with only 2.2% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Helensburgh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular here at 32.2%, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 1.7% of workers use public transport, which is slightly below the national average.
32.2% ▲ +855.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -81.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Helensburgh has 62 public transport stops and 4 routes, providing far more access points per person than the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.43
Higher than 87% 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).
865.6
Higher than 85% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 48 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
10
Lower 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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 Helensburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11897/helensburgh/topic/transport