5.2% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leeton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leeton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people rely on public transport and have more stops here than in most similar areas, though Leeton remains heavily dependent on cars. While the town has a few more transport options than its peers, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Leeton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.3% of people being the driver. Only 5.8% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.8% ▲ +53.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Leeton has 7 public transport routes and 2 stops, which is more than the vast majority of similar areas. However, the 2.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
0.22
Higher than 58% 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).
2.4
Higher than 57% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a long time, with a typical walk of 73 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this size.
73
Higher than 93% 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.
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).
More for Leeton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Leeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12302/leeton/topic/transport