4.0% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Highgate · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Highgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Highgate live without a car compared to the national figure, with only 4% of households lacking a vehicle. This area is highly connected, combining a very short drive to the city with extensive public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, though 4% of homes have no vehicle, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Highgate splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 4.8% of workers use public transport, one of the highest rates for this level of area. While 13.1% of people work from home, this is well below the national figure.
13.1% ▲ +309.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 a major feature here, with 9 routes and 7 stops, which is more than most similar areas. The network is very active, with 1,375.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.65
Higher than 76% 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).
1,375.7
Higher than 88% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,998
Higher than 74% 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).
73,356
Higher than 73% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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 into the city is very fast, with a drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents also have quick access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40588/highgate/topic/transport