2.8% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lapstone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lapstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the working population in Lapstone works from home, a rate far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most remote-working areas at this level, where the usual commute is replaced by a home office for 49.1% of residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 46.3% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lapstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people get to work, accounting for 49.1% of the workforce. This is far above the 21.0% national figure, while only 2.0% of the community commutes using public transport.
49.1% ▲ +1238.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -84.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Lapstone has 10 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.55
Higher than 88% 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).
469.4
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 1 minute. The drive time to the city is 40 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
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.
40
Lower than 67% 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 Lapstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12285/lapstone/topic/transport