1.4% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lennox Head - Skennars Head · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Lennox Head - Skennars Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households without a car set Lennox Head - Skennars Head apart from similar areas. Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the limited use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 46% of households owning two vehicles. The proportion of homes without a motor vehicle has fallen to 1.4%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lennox Head - Skennars Head, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.2% of residents. While 20.4% now work from home—a rise of 13 points since 2011—only 0.4% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas.
20.4% ▲ +192.8%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 limited to buses, with 44 stops and 8 routes serving the area. While the number of stops is around the middle for similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
44
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.76
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
178.8
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 time to walk to the nearest public transport stop is 4 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
4
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Lennox Head - Skennars Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011242/lennox-head-skennars-head/topic/transport