0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longlea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Longlea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher access to transport stops than many similar areas defines Longlea, though it remains heavily reliant on cars. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, with 84% of households owning two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households are well-equipped, with 44.9% owning two vehicles and 16.6% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Longlea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.3% of residents, while 15.3% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and no one here commutes by public transport.
15.3% ▲ +151.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
While Longlea has more stops per 1,000 people than many similar areas, its 108.8 weekly departures are far below the state average of 1,267.9. All available public transport is provided by bus.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.51
Higher than 71% 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).
108.8
Higher than 69% 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 to the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 106 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
106
Higher than 73% 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 Longlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21537/longlea/topic/transport