1.7% ▲ +136.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leonay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leonay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Leonay than in most similar areas, with 37.2% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This reliance on home-based work is paired with very high levels of car ownership across the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.7% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own two or more vehicles, with 45.5% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leonay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than the national figure, at 37.2%. Only 0.8% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below the New South Wales average.
37.2% ▲ +853.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -84.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
While Leonay has 14 public transport stops—more than about 84% of similar areas—the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.42
Higher than 79% 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).
670.0
Higher than 81% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Residents have very quick access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 38 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
38
Lower than 69% 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 Leonay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12313/leonay/topic/transport