15.9% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lakemba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lakemba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher share of Lakemba households get by without a car compared to the rest of the country, with 15.9% of homes owning no motor vehicle. This trend is mirrored in the daily commute, where the area's reliance on public transport is well above both the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16% of Lakemba 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 setup is a single vehicle, found in 51.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lakemba, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 8.0% of residents, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. While 21.0% of people work from home—similar to the Australian average—this is well below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
21.0% ▲ +1252.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.0% ▼ -63.8%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Lakemba has 53 public transport stops and 9 routes, which are among the largest totals for similar areas. Despite this, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and the weekly departures per 1,000 people are also well below the New South Wales average.
53
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.
3.10
Higher than 70% 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).
989.9
Higher than 86% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
83,100
Higher than 88% 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).
314,790
Higher than 89% 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).
62
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It is very easy to reach a transit point here, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute. Driving to the city is also much faster than in most other areas, taking around 18 minutes.
1
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12266/lakemba/topic/transport