Lilli Pilli · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Lilli Pilli

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single household in Lilli Pilli has at least one motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership defines how people move, with almost no one using public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two cars, and about 16% have three. This means the proportion of households without a vehicle is 0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lilli Pilli, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.5% of residents. While 15.9% of people work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

15.9% ▲ +252.0%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 15.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Lilli Pilli, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 9.27 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, these six bus stops provide few services, with weekly departures per person far below the New South Wales figure.

9.27

Higher than 87% 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).

302.9

Higher than 75% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.

7

Lower than 61% 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 Lilli Pilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12330/lilli-pilli/topic/transport