4.3% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lakes Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Lakes Entrance
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Sixy-three per cent of people in Lakes Entrance drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on cars. Most homes here own at least one vehicle, and far fewer people work from home compared to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 4.3% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and Australian figures, and the number has fallen 2.3 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lakes Entrance splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, at 11.7%. Only 0.1% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, a figure that is well below the national average.
11.7% ▲ +66.3%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -85.0%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
While there are 6.9 public transport stops per 1,000 people—well above the Victorian average—the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure. All public transport services are provided by buses.
77
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.90
Higher than 82% 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).
173.2
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).
7
Lower 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.
Getting to the nearest stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 76% 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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021084/lakes-entrance/topic/transport