0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lochiel · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lochiel
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Lochiel and the rest of the state when it comes to transport, as there are no public transport stops or routes available. Every single home in the area owns a motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have multiple cars, with 36.1% owning two and 17.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lochiel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 72.9% of residents. The proportion of people working from home is 11.2%, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
11.2% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -48.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes or stops. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk of 80 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.
80
Higher than 97% 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 Lochiel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12376/lochiel/topic/transport