Lowther · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Lowther

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A 113-minute drive to the city makes Lowther a very remote area for commuters. Most households here rely entirely on their own cars to get around, with no one without a vehicle.

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📍 Lowther, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Lowther has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures for car-less households. About 62% of homes have two vehicles, while 15% have three.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lowther, 2 vehicles is the majority at 70%; 3 vehicles is next at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 29%, which is well above the national figure. No one uses public transport to get to work, with most people driving or walking.

29.0%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 29.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Lowther, the largest group is Car (driver) at 48%, followed by Worked at home (36%) and Walked (16%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Lowther. This leaves the area far below the state average for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 113 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

113

Higher than 77% 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 Lowther [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12424/lowther/topic/transport