5.2% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Emu Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Emu Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very high public transport access makes Emu Heights stand out compared to similar areas. While the area has a strong network of bus stops and frequent services, almost no one actually uses them to get to work. Instead, most residents rely on their own cars to travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the Tasmanian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Emu Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (43%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 3 vehicles at 8%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, as 0% of workers use public transport, which is well below the national figure. Only 9.0% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
9.0% ▲ +196.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
The area is exceptionally well served with 16.48 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. With two bus routes and three stops, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are also among the highest for similar areas.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.48
Higher than 91% 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).
1,593.4
Higher than 89% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Residents can walk to the nearest stop in just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is among the highest at this level, taking 197 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
197
Higher 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)).
- 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 Emu Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60190/emu-heights/topic/transport