7.9% ▲ +60.8%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lee · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 10% of workers in Lee now work from home, though this is far below the national figure. The area is well-served by public transport with over 1,300 weekly departures per 1,000 people. Most residents rely on cars, but the number of homes without a vehicle has risen to 7.9%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes in Lee have one vehicle and 37% have two. The proportion of households with no motor vehicle has risen to 7.9% since 2011, which is higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lee splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work, with 66.6% as the driver. While 9.5% work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%; meanwhile, the share of people using public transport for their commute has risen to 3.7% since 2011.
9.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▲ +1106.5%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Public transport is readily available in Lee, with 5.47 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the South Australian average. This access is dominated by buses, which make up 98.1% of the available modes.
183
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.47
Higher than 68% 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).
1,318.8
Higher than 63% 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).
27
Higher than 51% 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 Lee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40027/lee/topic/transport