Leneva · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Leneva

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

Almost every home in Leneva has a car, with only 0.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and national figures, reflecting a community where private transport is essential for daily life. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around and reach work.

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📍 Leneva, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, as over half of all homes have two vehicles and 28.5% have three or more. This explains why so few households, just 0.7%, have no motor vehicle at all.

0.7% ▼ -77.9%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 0.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Leneva, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The vast majority of workers drive, with 73.4% commuting as the driver. This is consistent with low rates of working from home, which at 11.1% is far below the Victorian figure.

11.1% ▲ +189.3%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 11.1%

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

0.4% ▼ -66.1%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Leneva, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to just two bus routes and one stop. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the state average.

0.76

Higher than 60% 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).

30.4

Higher than 61% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Leneva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21488/leneva/topic/transport