3.3% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Tyers Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Tyers Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Lake Tyers Beach than in the rest of the state, with only 7.8% doing so. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, and there is very little use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.6% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lake Tyers Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70% of people commuting as the driver. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and the number of people working from home is far below the Victorian average.
7.8% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
The area has two public transport routes and one stop, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.25
Higher than 62% 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).
74.8
Higher than 66% 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 stop is a long trip for residents, with a typical 29-minute walk to the nearest one. This is higher than in most other areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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 Tyers Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21444/lake-tyers-beach/topic/transport