8.5% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leura · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leura
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Four in ten working residents in Leura work from home, a rate far above the national figure. This shift toward remote work defines daily life here, as few people rely on public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes in Leura have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Roughly half of all households own one vehicle, while 32.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leura, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 40%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Only 1.4% of people commute by public transport, a rate a little below the national average.
40.0% ▲ +244.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -79.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Leura has 56 public transport stops and 8 routes, which are among the largest totals for its level. There are 12.44 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure, though weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.44
Higher than 88% 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).
686.4
Higher than 82% 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).
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 72 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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 Leura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12318/leura/topic/transport