26.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Lah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a major part of life in Lah, with 26.9% of people doing so. This is much higher than in most similar areas. Because there are no public transport options available, residents rely almost entirely on cars or home-based work to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 45%, ahead of 4 or more (36%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lah, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (33%) and 2 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 27% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. For those who do leave the house, 46.2% drive themselves to work, while no one uses public transport.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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 to a public transport stop is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest one takes 68 minutes. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.
68
Higher than 90% 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 Lah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21425/lah/topic/transport