13.5% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lakemba · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lakemba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 20 percentage points since 2011 in Lakemba, where 26.1% of the workforce now avoids a daily commute. This shift happens alongside a strong reliance on public transport and a growing number of car-free households. Most residents use a mix of cars and buses to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far more households here live without a car than in most other areas, with 13.5% having no motor vehicle. This figure is well above the national figure of 7.4% and has risen steadily since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lakemba, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 4.5% of workers use public transport—a little above the national figure—this is a sharp fall from 18.8% in 2011. Currently, 40.6% of people drive themselves to work, while 26.1% work from home.
26.1% ▲ +350.1%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -76.2%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
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.
Lakemba has 441 public transport stops, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. The network is dominated by buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is higher than most areas.
441
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.59
Higher than 50% 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).
1,295.8
Higher than 62% 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).
28
Higher than 54% 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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10043/lakemba/topic/transport