3.3% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heatherton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heatherton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 30% of workers in Heatherton now work from home, making it a place where few people need to commute daily. While car use remains common, the area has a very high number of public transport stops compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 3.3% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and nearly half of all homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heatherton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is a major trend here, as 29.7% of people work from home, which is well above the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 2.0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to their jobs.
29.7% ▲ +639.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -57.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 infrastructure is strong, with 10.62 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average of 4.41. This provides high accessibility, though it takes much longer than most areas to reach the city by transit.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.62
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).
2,982.0
Higher than 97% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
44,755
Higher than 86% 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).
70,004
Higher than 72% 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).
79
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, taking typically 23 minutes. Local access is also easy, with a very short walk of just 2 minutes to the nearest transport stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Heatherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21163/heatherton/topic/transport