0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leconfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leconfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for almost everyone in Leconfield, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This makes the area stand out compared to the rest of the state. While public transport is available, the local lifestyle is heavily reliant on driving and working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Leconfield has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without one. Most households have multiple cars, with 35.6% owning two and 26.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leconfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.3% of residents, though 26.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 21%.
26.8% ▲ +404.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has 4 stops and 2 bus routes, giving it 27.59 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the New South Wales average of 5.27, and weekly departures are about the same as the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
27.59
Higher than 96% 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).
1,213.8
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a typical resident about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 121 minutes, much higher than most other places.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
121
Higher than 81% 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 Leconfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12300/leconfield/topic/transport