Helidon · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Helidon

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

Almost every home in Helidon (L) relies on a car to get around, with only 1.4% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the way people travel for work, as nearly everyone uses a car or walks.

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📍 Helidon, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few people here get by without a car, a figure that fell 4.3 points since 2011 and is well below the national rate. Most homes have two vehicles, while 21% of households own three or more.

1.4% ▼ -75.4%

Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Helidon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 71% of residents, while only 3.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.

3.6% ▲ +46.9%

Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 3.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 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 Helidon, Car (driver) is the majority at 89%; Car (passenger) is next at 4%.

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 Helidon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321050/helidon/topic/transport