0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Durham Lead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Durham Lead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Durham Lead has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for daily life. This car-dependent lifestyle is a necessity given the long travel times and lack of nearby public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 47% having two and nearly 20% owning four or more. This is a sharp contrast to the state and national figures, where around 7% of homes have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Durham Lead, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.6% of residents. About 19% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%.
19.0% ▲ +258.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero routes or stops serving the area. This leaves the community far below the Victorian average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge, as it takes 88 minutes to drive to the city. This is higher than most areas, and the walk to the nearest stop takes 51 minutes.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
88
Higher than 62% 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 Durham Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20816/durham-lead/topic/transport