2.0% ▲ +62.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lyndhurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lyndhurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of Lyndhurst homes have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people move around. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, though about 24% of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2% of homes here lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 52.4% owning two vehicles and another 15.8% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lyndhurst, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 23.8% work from home, a figure a little above the Australian average. A small number of people use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
23.8% ▲ +960.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -41.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Lyndhurst has 23 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is among the highest for its size. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and most services are buses.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.58
Higher than 68% 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).
807.2
Higher than 84% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A drive to the city typically takes 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, it takes much longer than usual to reach the nearest stop on foot, with a typical walk of 33 minutes.
33
Higher than 69% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lyndhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21555/lyndhurst/topic/transport