0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lost River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lost River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Lost River than across the rest of the state. Most residents depend on private cars to get around, and a high number of households own multiple vehicles. This reflects the area's remote nature and lack of transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Lost River has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 44% owning two vehicles and 32% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lost River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (35%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 34.5% of residents doing so—a figure far above the Australian average. For those who do travel, 47.3% drive a car and 9.1% walk, while nobody uses public transport to get to work.
34.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Lost River. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the New South Wales average.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lost River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12400/lost-river/topic/transport