10.6% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lane Cove · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lane Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in working habits defines Lane Cove, where over half of the workforce now works from home. This shift is far above the national figure and reflects a modern approach to commuting in the area. While many residents rely on cars, there is a growing trend of households living without any motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure. This is an increasing trend, as the number of car-free homes rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lane Cove, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 51.9% of people doing so—a figure far above both the state and national averages. Public transport use for commuting has also risen since 2011, though the typical person still relies on a car or home office.
51.9% ▲ +538.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▲ +476.5%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Lane Cove is well served by public transport, with 424 stops and 51 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the New South Wales figure, with buses making up almost all of these services.
424
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.75
Higher than 53% 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).
2,147.8
Higher than 87% 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).
51
Higher than 86% 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 Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10044/lane-cove/topic/transport