5.4% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lismore · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Lismore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Lismore stands out among similar areas for its high number of public transport stops, yet most residents still rely on their own cars. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This suggests a strong dependence on private transport for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Lismore have one or two cars, with 37.3% owning two and 37.1% owning one. The proportion of households without any vehicle has fallen to 5.4%, a drop of 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lismore 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, with 61% of people as the driver. While 14.3% of the workforce now works from home—an increase of 8.4 percentage points since 2011—this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
14.3% ▲ +140.8%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
The area has a high number of public transport stops per 1,000 people at 8.77, which is far above the state figure of 5.27. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 404.9, which is far below the state average.
389
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.77
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
404.9
Higher than 70% of council (lga) 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).
38
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents in Lismore typically have a shorter walk to their nearest public transport stop than people in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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).
More for Lismore
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14850/lismore/topic/transport