10.6% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lockyer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lockyer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Lockyer have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This lack of car ownership is a standout feature for the area, where the typical household relies on a single car or has no vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the state rate of 5%. For those who do own cars, 43.7% of households have one vehicle and 31.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lockyer, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 70.2% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 1.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
1.7% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +119.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Lockyer has a higher number of stops and routes than many similar areas, its weekly departures are far below the Western Australian average. All public transport services here are buses.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.16
Higher than 82% 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).
339.0
Higher than 75% 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 nearest transport stop is quick, with a typical walk time of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
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 Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50858/lockyer/topic/transport