36.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Bears Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bears Lagoon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of workers in Bears Lagoon work from home, a figure far above the national average. This remote working trend defines the local commute, as no one in the area uses public transport to get to their job.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 44%, ahead of 1 vehicle (28%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bears Lagoon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 36.0%, which is far above the 21.0% national figure. For those who do leave the house, 40.0% drive themselves to work.
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.
While the area has two bus routes and a high number of stops per person compared to the state, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
37.74
Higher 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).
301.9
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a transport stop takes longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 22 minutes.
22
Higher than 60% 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 Bears Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20179/bears-lagoon/topic/transport