7.9% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Liverpool · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Liverpool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Liverpool than in most similar areas, with 29.1% of workers doing so. This shift is part of a broader change in how the area moves, as the city offers a huge network of public transport options to its residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.6% owning two. About 7.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas, though this figure has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Liverpool splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 29.1%, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, the share of people commuting by public transport has fallen sharply since 2011, now sitting at 2.2%.
29.1% ▲ +1072.9%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -70.0%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Liverpool has a massive transport network, with 1,071 stops and 50 different routes. This makes it one of the largest systems at this level, providing 1,305.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
1,071
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.59
Higher than 67% 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).
1,305.5
Higher than 84% 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).
50
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 19 minutes. For those heading into the city, the usual drive time is 37 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
19
Higher than 54% 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.
37
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Liverpool
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14900/liverpool/topic/transport