0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Minto Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Minto Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge shift in work habits has occurred in Minto Heights, where 37.3% of workers now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21% and much higher than most similar areas. It reflects a community that relies heavily on private cars while avoiding the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Minto Heights has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households are heavily equipped, with 34.3% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Minto Heights, the largest group is 4 or more at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, which helps explain why 36.6% of workers drive themselves to work. This reliance on cars and home-based work is consistent with the lack of train use.
37.3% ▲ +414.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While there are 7.81 stops per 1,000 people—well above the New South Wales figure—weekly departures are far below the state average. The only available public transport mode is the bus.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.81
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).
39.1
Higher than 62% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 7 minutes. For those heading into the city, the drive time is 41 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
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.
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 Minto Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12654/minto-heights/topic/transport