7.2% —
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lara (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lara (Western Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily travel in Lara is dominated by the car, with 62.2% of workers driving themselves to work. Most households rely on multiple vehicles for their needs, while the use of public transport for commuting has fallen significantly over recent years.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 74% of homes in Lara have at least two motor vehicles. Those without a car make up 7.2% of the area, a figure that has fallen since 2016 and is now about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lara (Western Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 14.8% since 2016, though this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with 1.9% doing so—a little below the national figure.
14.8% —
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% —
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Lara has 325 public transport stops, with the vast majority being bus services. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 1,160.8, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
325
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.61
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).
1,160.8
Higher than 57% 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).
17
Lower than 74% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lara (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24308/lara/topic/transport