4.4% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lyne · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lyne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A typical 76-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Lyne one of the most isolated areas for public transport in the region. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 4.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, and the proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen to 4.4% since 2011. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lyne splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.9% of people. While working from home rose to 13.7% since 2016, this is still far below the state figure of 31.0%.
13.7% —
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is rarely used, with only 0.3% of workers commuting by these means. This is consistent with the low frequency of services, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
781
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.96
Higher than 58% of federal 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).
107.4
Lower than 97% of federal 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).
71
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 76 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas at this level.
76
Higher than 98% of federal electorate 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.
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 Lyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED124/lyne/topic/transport