2.0% ▼ -60.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Boga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Boga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people rely on their own cars in Lake Boga than in most similar areas. While public transport options are more numerous than in many nearby places, very few residents actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 2.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and nearly half of all households own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Boga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 74.5% of residents. Very few people work from home at 9.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.7% ▲ +206.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Lake Boga has four public transport routes and stops, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.07
Higher than 74% 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).
36.7
Higher than 61% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 stop can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 38 minutes. This is higher than in most similar areas.
38
Higher than 73% 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 Lake Boga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21427/lake-boga/topic/transport