6.1% ▼ -42.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lawson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lawson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving a car is the most common way to get around Lawson, with 40.9% of workers commuting as the driver. While most homes have at least one car, a third of the workforce now works from home, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lawson, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 33.5%, which is a little above the state average. Only 2.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the national figure.
33.5% ▲ +503.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -80.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 has 10 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales 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.
3.77
Higher than 72% 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).
250.5
Higher than 74% 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).
17,873
Higher than 72% 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).
17,873
Lower than 53% 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 a nearby transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 63 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
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.
63
Lower than 54% 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 Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12298/lawson/topic/transport