0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leongatha North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leongatha North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the standout feature of Leongatha North, where every single household owns at least one vehicle. This total reliance on private transport defines how people move around the area, with very few options for public travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 44.4% owning two cars and 33.3% owning three. This is much lower than the state and national figures for homes without a motor vehicle, which sit at 7.6% and 7.4% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leongatha North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 26.8% of people doing so—a figure well above the Australian average of 21.0%. For those who leave the house, the car is the primary choice, as 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport.
26.8% ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero routes or stops available. This puts the region far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 94 minutes. The lack of local infrastructure is clear, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 64 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
64
Higher than 87% 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.
94
Higher than 65% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21491/leongatha-north/topic/transport