0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heath Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heath Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on private cars defines transport in Heath Hill, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This car-dependent layout is reflected in the commuting habits, with 60.4% of workers driving themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in the area has a car, which is well below the Victorian figure where 7.6% of homes have none. Most families keep multiple cars, with 39.3% owning two and 27.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heath Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes via public transport, though 20.9% of people work from home. This is about the same as the national figure and helps explain why the area is so reliant on private cars.
20.9% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is completely absent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.4 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 lack of local services is stark, as a walk to the nearest stop takes 71 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas, and the typical drive to the city takes 76 minutes.
71
Higher than 91% 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.
76
Higher than 54% 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 Heath Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21159/heath-hill/topic/transport