2.9% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lisarow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lisarow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 28.5% of people in Lisarow work from home, which is well above the national figure. Most residents rely heavily on private cars, though the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.9% owning four or more. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lisarow, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 28.5% work from home. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 0.8% doing so, which is a little below the state and national figures.
28.5% ▲ +526.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -88.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 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.
Lisarow has 27 stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and the number of people reachable within 30 minutes by transit is zero.
27
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.
5.10
Higher than 78% 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).
677.5
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
8,205
Lower than 61% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 8 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is 61 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Lisarow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12352/lisarow/topic/transport