Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff

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

Very few homes without cars define the travel habits of Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff, where only 2.8% of households lack a motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is paired with a high rate of remote work, with 30.3% of the workforce working from home.

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📍 Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 43% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.3% having three or more. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

2.8% ▼ -39.6%

Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (43%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is well above the national figure, rising 21 points since 2011 to reach 30.3%. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting is much lower than most areas at just 0.4%.

30.3% ▲ +226.0%

Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 30.3%

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

0.4% ▼ -67.6%

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Worked at home is next at 37%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 7.43 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, these are all bus services and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.

41

Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

7.43

Higher than 86% 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).

593.6

Lower than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes a long time from here, with a typical drive time of 71 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

71

Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031052/point-lonsdale-queenscliff/topic/transport