2.9% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lyons · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lyons
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 57% of households in Lyons have two motor vehicles, making car ownership the primary way people get around. While most residents rely on their own cars, the area has a high number of public transport routes compared to similar places. This creates a mix where private vehicles dominate, but transit options are readily available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households in Lyons lack a car, with only 2.9% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the 11.1% seen across the Northern Territory and the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lyons, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 1 vehicle is next at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 4.6% of people doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Most people drive to work, while only 0.9% use public transport, a figure slightly below the state and national averages.
4.6% ▲ +69.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -52.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Lyons has more public transport routes and stops than most similar areas, though it is a little below the Northern Territory average for stops per 1,000 people. Despite this, the transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
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).
341.6
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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
4,347
Higher than 50% 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).
22,913
Higher than 51% 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).
79
Higher than 87% 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 a nearby transit stop is very quick for residents, with a walk time of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than 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)).
- 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70168/lyons/topic/transport