Locksley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Locksley

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

Almost every home in Locksley relies on a car to get around, with not a single household lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the long 104-minute trip to the city and a total lack of local public transport options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. More than half of homes have either two or three cars, while 25% own four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Locksley splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (29%), with 1 vehicle at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 32.3% of people doing so—a figure far above the national average. For those who do travel, 53.8% drive, while 10.8% walk to work.

32.3%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 24.6%
  • 2021: 32.3%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Locksley, Car (driver) is the majority at 56%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Locksley far below the state average for service access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Daily travel is dominated by the car, as the drive time to the city is 104 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

104

Higher than 71% 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 Locksley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21527/locksley/topic/transport