4.2% ▼ -41.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Loch Sport · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Loch Sport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Loch Sport have no motor vehicle than in most similar areas, though overall car ownership remains high. While the area has a high number of public transport stops for its size, almost no one uses these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 45.9% having one and 36.3% having two. Only 4.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Loch Sport, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.3% of people. Working from home is much less common here than across Australia, at just 11.3%.
11.3% ▲ +44.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
Loch Sport has 14 bus stops, which is far above the Victorian average for stops per person. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.71
Higher than 89% 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).
88.1
Higher than 67% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 57 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
57
Higher than 83% 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.
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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21524/loch-sport/topic/transport