2.5% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of workers in Lara drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has more public transport routes and stops than most similar places, car reliance remains very high. Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 43.3% owning two and 15.7% owning three. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, at just 2.5%, a rate much lower than both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lara, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 18.0% of residents, though this is a little below the national figure. Only 1.7% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
18.0% ▲ +437.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -64.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Lara has 60 public transport stops and 6 routes, putting it among the largest for its level. However, there are only 521.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
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).
521.5
Higher than 79% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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 drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 20 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Lara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21469/lara/topic/transport