2.9% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Lonsdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Point Lonsdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are now working from home in Point Lonsdale than in the past, with 29.3% of the workforce doing so. This shift is well above the national figure, reflecting a local trend toward remote work in this coastal area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6%. Most households keep two cars, accounting for 44.1% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Point Lonsdale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (44%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 46.9% of residents, while only 0.2% use public transport. This low transit use is a little below both the state and national figures.
29.3% ▲ +244.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -87.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Point Lonsdale has 25 stops and 6.6 stops per 1,000 people—which is well above the Victorian average—the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state 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.
6.60
Higher than 84% 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).
514.8
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It typically takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop. The drive time to the city is 75 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Point Lonsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22088/point-lonsdale/topic/transport