1.1% ▼ -54.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lennox Head · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lennox Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Lennox Head relies on a car to get around, with only 1.1% of households having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on cars is reflected in the way people travel, as 57% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 46.7% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.1% of households have no car, which is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lennox Head, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 20.8% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.5%.
20.8% ▲ +190.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport is limited to buses, with 23 stops and 8 routes serving the area. While these figures are higher than most similar areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.99
Higher than 69% 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).
144.4
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).
8
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 a stop is relatively easy for locals, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes to the nearest one, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lennox Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12312/lennox-head/topic/transport