3.5% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Munmorah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Munmorah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Lake Munmorah than in the rest of Australia, with only 3.5% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work, where the vast majority drive or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, and 33.2% have two. The 3.5% of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Munmorah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.2% of residents. While 18.6% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
18.6% ▲ +354.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -50.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Lake Munmorah has 45 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is among the highest for its area type. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.85
Higher than 87% 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).
654.6
Higher than 81% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,960
Higher than 60% 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).
10,960
Lower than 58% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest for similar areas. It takes typically 74 minutes to drive to the city.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
74
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)).
- 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 Munmorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12262/lake-munmorah/topic/transport