Lal Lal · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Lal Lal

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than 60% of workers in Lal Lal drive themselves to work, reflecting a deep reliance on private cars. Every single household in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4% of homes without a car.

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📍 Lal Lal, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 83.2% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lal Lal, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 18.1% of people work from home. This is a little below the national figure, and no one in the area uses public transport to commute.

18.1% ▲ +283.5%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 18.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Lal Lal, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to one bus route with two stops. While this is more than 72% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.

3.22

Higher than 70% 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).

22.5

Higher than 60% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes about 81 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes 21 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.

21

Higher than 60% 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.

81

Higher than 57% 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 Lal Lal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21450/lal-lal/topic/transport