12.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Haven · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Haven
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher share of homes in Lake Haven lack a motor vehicle compared to the state or national figures. While the area has very strong public transport infrastructure, including a high number of stops and frequent services, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own a car, the most common arrangement is one vehicle per home, at 43.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Haven, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most of the workforce relies on cars, as only 0.8% of people commute by public transport. This is a little below the national figure, and the 16% who work from home is well below the Australian average of 21%.
16.0% ▲ +594.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -74.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 access is very strong here, with 8.5 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. The area has 23 bus routes and a high number of weekly departures compared to similar places.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.50
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,078.5
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality 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).
23
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,362
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
42,413
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is easy, as the typical walk takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 71 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
71
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lake Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12255/lake-haven/topic/transport