Heyfield · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Heyfield

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fewer homes in Heyfield are without a car than they were in 2011. Most residents rely heavily on private vehicles to get around, while very few people work from home or use public transport.

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📍 Heyfield, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. Most households have one or two cars, with 40.1% owning one and 34.6% owning two.

5.3% ▼ -29.1%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.5%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Heyfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.3% of people, as 0.0% use public transport. Only 6.6% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages.

6.6% ▲ +68.1%

Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 6.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Heyfield, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Heyfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215039/heyfield/topic/transport