1.2% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lancefield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lancefield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 80% of Lancefield households now own two or more cars, reflecting a strong reliance on private vehicles for daily travel. The area is heavily car-dependent, with very few residents using public transport and a significant number of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars, with 42.2% having two and another 34% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lancefield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 22% of residents, a rate higher than most similar areas. However, the car remains the primary choice for the rest, with 58.1% driving to work and only 0.7% using public transport.
22.0% ▲ +214.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -42.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
While Lancefield has more public transport stops and routes than about 80% of similar areas, these services are mostly buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.92
Higher than 69% 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).
218.7
Higher than 73% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city takes about 62 minutes by car. Getting to a transit stop is often a long trip, as the 26-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than most areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21456/lancefield/topic/transport