6.6% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Lismore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twenty-five different public transport routes serve South Lismore, making it an area with far more transit options than most similar places. While infrastructure is plentiful, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, but 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Lismore, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one here uses public transport to get to work, with 0.0% doing so. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%, and the 6.0% who work from home is far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
6.0% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 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.
With 17 stops and 9.58 stops per 1,000 people, public transport access is much higher than most areas and far above the state average. However, the 524.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.58
Higher than 87% 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).
524.5
Higher than 79% 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).
25
Higher than 87% 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 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
7
Lower 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 South Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13605/south-lismore/topic/transport