10.5% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heatley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heatley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport habits in Heatley have remained consistent over the last decade, but the area is now marked by a high number of households without cars. While public transport access is excellent, very few residents actually use it to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.5% of homes in Heatley have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 5.8% seen across Queensland. Most households have one or two cars, with 40.9% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heatley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, as only 0.9% use public transport. This is a little below the national figure, and far fewer people work from home here compared to the rest of Australia.
4.7% ▲ +179.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Heatley has 17 public transport stops and three routes, all serviced by buses. With 4.35 stops per 1,000 people, access is well above the Queensland average.
17
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.
4.35
Higher than 75% 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).
578.4
Higher than 80% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is very easy for residents, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
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 Heatley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31312/heatley/topic/transport