4.6% ▼ -71.6%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Macquarie · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Macquarie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 4.6% of homes in Lake Macquarie have no motor vehicle, making it an area where most people rely heavily on their own cars. While there are many public transport stops, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 38.8% having two and 14.1% having three. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen 12 points since 2011 and is now well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen 18 points since 2011 to reach 19.5%, though this is still far below the state figure. Meanwhile, public transport use for work is much lower than most areas, with only 0.6% of workers using it.
19.5% ▲ +882.3%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -96.5%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Lake Macquarie has 501 public transport stops, which is more than 91% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and the network is almost entirely buses.
501
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.29
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
731.6
Lower than 61% of state electorate 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).
34
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10042/lake-macquarie/topic/transport