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.
Lockwood South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lockwood South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Lockwood South owns a car, making the area heavily dependent on driving for daily life. With no residents using public transport to get to work, the car is the essential tool for getting around this large, rural landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0.0% of homes are without a motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lockwood South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.6% of people as drivers and 4.2% as passengers. Nobody here commutes via public transport, and the 16.1% who work from home is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
16.1% ▲ +101.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
While there are four public transport stops and one route, services are very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and the only available mode is the bus.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.80
Higher than 73% 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).
19.0
Higher than 59% 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.
Residents face a long drive of 89 minutes to reach the city, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, those who do use transit have a short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
89
Higher than 62% 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 Lockwood South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21529/lockwood-south/topic/transport