2.2% ▼ -41.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Largs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Largs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a central part of life in Largs, where only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the national average, with most households owning two or more vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.2% owning two and 17.1% owning three. Only 2.2% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Largs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.5% of residents, while 19.5% work from home. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
19.5% ▲ +504.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Largs has 8 public transport stops—more than 80% of similar areas—the service is limited to a single bus route. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Higher than 74% 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).
162.6
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes much longer to drive to the city from Largs than it does for most areas, with a typical trip taking 109 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
109
Higher than 74% 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 Largs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12287/largs/topic/transport