15.9% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laverton North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Laverton North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is high in Laverton North, yet a surprising 15.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, very few residents actually use it to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but the 15.9% of households without a vehicle is among the highest for similar areas. This is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Laverton North, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes to work using public transport, and 16.2% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%. Most residents drive themselves to work.
16.2% ▲ —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
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: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 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 an impressive 45 public transport stops and 6 routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the state figure. All available public transport is provided by buses.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
378.15
Higher than 99% 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).
65,907.6
Higher than 99% 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).
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).
11,459
Lower than 57% 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.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21477/laverton-north/topic/transport