5.9% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lenah Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lenah Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 8-minute drive connects Lenah Valley to the city, making it a highly accessible hub for commuters. The area is well-served by public transport, with 45 stops and five routes providing options for those who choose not to drive.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.9% owning two vehicles. About 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lenah Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 5.4% of workers, a figure that is a little above the national average. Conversely, only 8.8% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.8% ▲ +194.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.4% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
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.
The area is very well connected, with 6.9 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is supported by a bus-only network with 45 stops and 679 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.90
Higher than 85% 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).
679.4
Higher than 82% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,033
Higher than 57% 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).
9,033
Lower than 60% 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).
44
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Lenah Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60331/lenah-valley/topic/transport