10.5% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lurnea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lurnea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong network of 63 public transport stops makes Lurnea more accessible than many similar areas. While 10.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is much higher than most areas, meaning more residents rely on these services and walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own one or two cars, with 36.8% having one and 33.4% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lurnea splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, and 19% work from home. The proportion of people working from home is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
19.0% ▲ +868.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -70.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 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.
Lurnea has 6.26 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. The 10 available routes are all bus services, and the 1,550.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is among the highest at this level.
63
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.26
Higher than 83% 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).
1,550.6
Higher than 89% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,670
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
89,257
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lurnea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12431/lurnea/topic/transport