0.9% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lysterfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lysterfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Lysterfield relies on a car to get around, with only 0.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the commute, where over half of workers drive themselves to work and very few use public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars; 42.7% have two vehicles, while 19% own four or more. The proportion of households without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lysterfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, at 25.5%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. Only 0.8% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national figures.
25.5% ▲ +557.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -69.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Lysterfield has 25 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas, though all services are buses. Despite having 8 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
25
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.
3.74
Higher than 72% 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).
389.0
Higher than 76% 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 typical drive to the city takes 30 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 28 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Lysterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21558/lysterfield/topic/transport