4.1% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Latham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Latham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas define the transit landscape in Latham. While most people rely on cars, the area is very well served by bus routes and has a short 14-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 41% owning two vehicles. Only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Latham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work, with 64.2% of residents as drivers. About 11.4% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
11.4% ▲ +374.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -45.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Latham has 26 public transport stops and 4 routes, both of which are more than most similar areas. The 6.9 stops per 1,000 people is a little above the ACT figure of 5.72, though all transit is by bus.
26
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.
6.90
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).
1,313.5
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,438
Higher than 54% 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).
50,169
Higher than 65% 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).
65
Higher than 66% 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 quick, with a drive time of 14 minutes that is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a short walk of about 5 minutes to their nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Latham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80084/latham/topic/transport