2.7% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Valley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Valley Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-one per cent of workers in Valley Heights drive to work, making the car the primary way to get around. This is a highly mobile area where almost every home owns at least one vehicle, and a very large number of residents work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 44% of homes having two vehicles and only 2.7% having none. This rate of car-free households is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Valley Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend here; 37.5% of the workforce does so, which is far above the national figure. Only 1.2% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national averages.
37.5% ▲ +620.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -87.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
While Valley Heights has 14 stops and 5 routes—which is more than most similar areas—the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
11.78
Higher than 88% 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).
740.7
Higher than 83% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to the city takes about 48 minutes by car, which is lower than most areas. It is also a convenient walk to public transport, with the nearest stop just 6 minutes away.
6
Lower than 64% 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)).
- 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 Valley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14087/valley-heights/topic/transport