11.0% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laverton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Laverton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of workers in Laverton drive themselves to work, though this area relies on public transport far more than the typical Australian suburb. It is well connected, with a high number of transit stops and routes compared to similar places. This makes it much easier for residents to get around without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of homes in Laverton have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two cars, with 46.3% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 9.3% of workers to get to work, which is well above the 3.1% national average. Conversely, only 16.6% of people work from home, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
16.6% ▲ +1118.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.3% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
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.
Laverton is very well served by transit, with 6.3 stops per 1,000 people and 3,212 weekly departures, both figures far above the state average. The network includes 12 different routes, dominated by buses at 84.2% and trains at 15.8%.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.30
Higher than 83% 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).
3,212.4
Higher than 98% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,459
Higher than 61% 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).
62,247
Higher than 70% 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).
56
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It is also a walkable place for transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21476/laverton/topic/transport