6.3% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lismore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Lismore (Vic.) than in the rest of the state or country. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with 55% of workers driving themselves to their jobs. While some people work from home, the area remains heavily dependent on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is a little below the Victorian and national rates.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. While 18% of people work from home, this is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
18.0% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
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: 1.9%
- 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.
There are 2.12 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian average. All public transport here is provided by buses.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.12
Higher than 66% 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).
21.2
Higher than 60% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 around can take time, with a typical 108-minute drive to the city. It also takes longer than most areas to reach the nearest transport stop, with a 30-minute walk.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
108
Higher than 74% 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21516/lismore/topic/transport