4.0% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lorn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lorn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 108-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Lorn, where most residents rely on their own cars. While car use is dominant, about 20.5% of the workforce now works from home, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 37.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.9% having three. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lorn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 53.7% being the driver. Only 1% of residents use public transport to commute, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
20.5% ▲ +542.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -52.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area is served by a single bus route with five stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.41
Higher than 71% 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).
139.9
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
108
Higher than 74% 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)).
- 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 Lorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12398/lorn/topic/transport