10.8% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Illawarra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Lake Illawarra lack a motor vehicle than the national figure, with 10.8% of households owning none. This is a striking gap compared to just 7.4% across Australia. While car use remains the main way people get around, the area has a very high number of public transport stops available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure. For those who do own cars, 45.9% of households have one vehicle and 29% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Illawarra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 60.7% as the driver. Working from home is less common here at 15.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
15.1% ▲ +1021.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -49.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
The area has 25 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 90% of similar areas. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well below the state average.
25
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.
7.60
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).
841.8
Higher than 85% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Public transport is easy to reach, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 75 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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)).
- 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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12259/lake-illawarra/topic/transport