1.6% ▼ -75.4%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heysen · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Heysen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 14 percentage points since 2011 in Heysen, reflecting a shift in how people get to work. Most residents rely heavily on private cars, with only 1.6% of homes without a vehicle—one of the lowest rates for this type of area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, and 76% of households own three or more vehicles. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2% for homes with no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heysen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.9% of people. While 16.4% now work from home, public transport use is a little below the national figure at 2.1%.
16.4% ▲ +481.1%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Heysen has 6.75 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the South Australian average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
238
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.75
Higher than 88% 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).
751.6
Lower than 60% 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).
41
Higher than 77% 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 Heysen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40022/heysen/topic/transport