26.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lavender Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lavender Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Lavender Bay work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is mirrored in the low number of cars, as over a quarter of households do not own a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Homes without a motor vehicle make up 26.2% of the area, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. About half of all households have one vehicle, while 18.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lavender Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; No vehicle is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common arrangement here at 56.8%, far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the state and national figures at 5.6%.
56.8% ▲ +674.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -80.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 is very well connected, with seven public transport routes and a city travel time of 25 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the New South Wales figure, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.30
Higher than 67% 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).
1,637.9
Higher than 90% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
96,788
Higher than 89% 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).
477,403
Higher than 91% 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).
25
Lower than 97% 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.
Getting to the city is very efficient, with a drive time of only 6 minutes. Residents also enjoy some of the best access to transit, with a zero-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Lavender Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12294/lavender-bay/topic/transport