13.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lidcombe · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lidcombe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 13% of homes in Lidcombe have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. This high rate of car-free living reflects the area's strong transit links, where 9.7% of workers use public transport—a figure well above the New South Wales average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.4% of households do not own a car, one of the highest proportions for similar areas. For those who do, 46.5% of homes have one vehicle and 28.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lidcombe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 30.5% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the Australian average. Another 32.1% typically drive themselves to work.
30.5% ▲ +1323.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.7% ▼ -65.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
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.
Lidcombe has one of the largest numbers of public transport stops and routes in its class. While there are 1,167 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is a little below the New South Wales figure.
91
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.85
Higher than 73% 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).
1,167.0
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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,197
Higher than 75% 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).
114,795
Higher than 82% 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).
66
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is convenient, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute. The drive time to the city is 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Lidcombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12325/lidcombe/topic/transport