4.6% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heathcote · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Heathcote
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very high number of people working from home defines transport in Heathcote, where 36.1% of the workforce now avoids a daily commute. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While the area has a high density of transport stops, car reliance remains strong for those who do travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with only 4.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen slightly since 2011. Most households own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 36.1% since 2011, which is well above the state average. In contrast, public transport use for commuting has fallen sharply to just 2.2%, which is about the same as the national figure.
36.1% ▲ +845.3%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -78.5%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Heathcote has 546 public transport stops, giving it one of the highest rates of stops per person in the region. However, weekly departures are well below the New South Wales figure, and 92.1% of services are buses.
546
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.03
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
867.1
Lower than 56% of state electorate 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).
21
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10034/heathcote/topic/transport