3.1% ▼ -56.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heathcote
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high reliance on private cars defines travel in Heathcote, where only 3.1% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, reflecting the area's distance from major hubs and the necessity of driving for daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 38.4% owning two and 13.8% owning three. Very few households get by without a vehicle compared to the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Heathcote splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.8% of residents. Only 0.3% use public transport, and while 15.2% work from home, this is far below the Victorian figure.
15.2% ▲ +169.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -73.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to four bus routes. While the number of stops is higher than in about 82% of similar areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.38
Higher than 71% 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).
94.9
Higher than 68% 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.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 85 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is also a challenge, as it takes 28 minutes for the average person to walk there.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21160/heathcote/topic/transport