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.
Lower Southgate · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lower Southgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Lower Southgate has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life here. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, most residents rely on their own cars or work from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 82.3% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that no one in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lower Southgate, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work (63.5%) or work from home (23.8%), the latter of which is a little above the national figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
23.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 26.79 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, with only one bus route, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
26.79
Higher than 96% 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).
53.6
Higher than 63% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop takes about 23 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
23
Higher 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 Lower Southgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12422/lower-southgate/topic/transport