5.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leongatha · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leongatha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes are found in Leongatha than in most similar areas, yet the town remains heavily dependent on cars. Only 0.1% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs, and the typical trip to the city takes 87 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, while 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Leongatha splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.1% of people, and far fewer residents work from home (9.8%) compared to the national figure of 21.0%.
9.8% ▲ +136.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -70.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Leongatha has 10 bus stops and 3 routes, which is more than 82% of similar areas, though weekly departures are far below the state average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.70
Higher than 64% 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).
45.2
Higher than 62% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, and the drive time to the city is higher than in most similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
87
Higher than 61% 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 Leongatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21490/leongatha/topic/transport