11.3% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
A short 10-minute drive to the city makes Lyons a highly connected area. It stands out for having a much higher proportion of car-free households than the rest of the territory, with 11.3% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes here have just one vehicle, and 11.3% have none, which is well above the territory figure of 5.6% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lyons, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the national figure at 8.8%, while those working from home at 9.8% are far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.8% ▲ +201.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.8% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 served by 18 stops across 7 different bus routes, a level of access that is much higher than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also much higher than most areas.
18
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.
5.50
Higher than 79% 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).
1,221.3
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,951
Higher than 52% 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).
58,511
Higher than 68% 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).
36
Lower 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 around is convenient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80087/lyons/topic/transport