3.5% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Healesville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Healesville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few residents without cars, at just 3.5%, make vehicle ownership a necessity for daily life in Healesville. While the area has a high number of transport stops, most people rely on their own cars or work from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Healesville have at least one car, with 38.6% owning two vehicles. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Healesville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 54.4% of residents, while 20.5% work from home. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.3%, which is a little below the national figure.
20.5% ▲ +234.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Healesville has 37 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for areas of this size. Despite this, weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
Higher than 77% 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).
537.2
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 58 minutes to drive to the city from here. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes around 18 minutes.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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 Healesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21158/healesville/topic/transport