3.9% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Gardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 4% of Lake Gardens homes lack a motor vehicle, making it a place where car ownership is far more common than in most areas. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, though a fair few now work from home. This reflects a community that is largely dependent on private transport for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two and 12.8% owning three. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lake Gardens splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.3% of residents. While 21.4% work from home—about the same as the national figure—only 0.4% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
21.4% ▲ +479.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -87.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Bus services are the only option here, with six stops available. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.33
Higher than 71% 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).
336.5
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 6 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. It takes about 75 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is around the middle for areas of this level.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Lake Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21435/lake-gardens/topic/transport