1.5% ▼ -67.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Helidon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Helidon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people here rely on cars than in most similar areas, making Helidon a place where private transport is essential. Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy dependence on cars is reflected in how people travel for work and the limited local transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well equipped for driving, with 40.2% owning two vehicles and 11.1% owning four or more. Very few homes lack a car, a trend that is well below the Queensland rate of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Helidon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.1% of people as the main driver. Working from home is far below the national figure at just 4.9%, and nobody in the area uses public transport to commute.
4.9% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 very limited, consisting of a single bus route with only one stop. While this is more than some similar areas have, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.88
Higher than 61% 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).
17.7
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 the city takes about 79 minutes by car. Access to transit is difficult for many, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
43
Higher than 75% 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.
79
Higher than 56% 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 Helidon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31316/helidon/topic/transport